Kingwood Eagle Scout saves his grandfather twice in less than a month with CPR
Christopher Lewis earned his Eagle Scout award with Troop 1377 in Kingwood and used the First Aid skills, including CPR, that helped save the life of his grandfather twice within a month.Christopher Lewis will tell you he’s no hero, but the 24-year-old Kingwood resident managed to save his grandfather with CPR on two different occasions within a month.
“There really wasn’t any warning. He stood up to throw away his plate and collapsed on the floor,” Lewis said. “I thought maybe he had stood up too fast or something, but my first worry was when he fell, he hit his head on the couch on the way down.” For 10 grueling minutes, he administered chest compressions with his grandmother, Virginia, by his side.The CPR continued until the ambulance arrived and paramedics took over.
“We were getting messages that he only has so long to live, and with every message came word that they couldn’t stabilize him,” the scout said.Happ survived and doctors implanted a defibrillator pacemaker in his chest. After two weeks in the hospital, he spent a couple of weeks in recovery, thankful that the new technology didn’t force doctors to have to crack open his chest.
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