JHC nurses Andrea Flannery and Martina Montgomery helped save a woman’s life during Run for a Reason.
Camera IconJHC nurses Andrea Flannery and Martina Montgomery helped save a woman’s life during Run for a Reason. Credit: Supplied/Supplied

Nurses help heart attack victim at Run for a Reason

Mark DonaldsonWanneroo Times

Registered nurses Martina Montgomery, of Joondalup, and Andrea Flannery, of Duncraig, had completed 4km of the 12km charity event before noticing a woman in her late 50s receiving urgent treatment from a volunteer paramedic.

The stricken participant had suffered a cardiac arrest and stopped breathing.

The nurses used a defibrillator on the woman and performed CPR until she regained consciousness.

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An ambulance crew rushed her to Royal Perth Hospital where she recovered.

More than 200 hospital staff members took part in the May 24 run.