Chandigarh IAS officer performs CPR on man who collapsed in office

“I was in my chamber in the CHB. Director of public relations Rajiv Tiwari came running to my chamber saying one person had collapsed in the chamber of the CHB secretary. I rushed there and gave him CPR,” Garg said.

After Garg gave him CPR, Lal showed signs of revival and was then rushed to the hospital. His electrocardiography (ECG) has been done and he is under observation now in the hospital, officials said.

I had no training to do CPR but recently saw a video on a TV news channel in which a patient was sitting in front of a doctor who was prescribing medicines. Suddenly the patient collapsed on the chair. The doctor came towards the patient and saved him the same way performing CPR on him. It was a real incident that happened about two months ago somewhere in India. I know the process I adopted might not be proper but I did whatever came to my mind at that moment. Immediate attempt to save the life was more important than wasting any time on other things,” said Garg.

CPR is an emergency lifesaving procedure performed if the heart stops beating due to various reasons such as heart attack, stroke, electrocution, drowning. You can check out a guide to performing CPR here.