A Wayne County 911 dispatcher suffered cardiac arrest while on duty late May 26, but was saved thanks to her colleagues’ quick response, according to 13 WHAM-TV. The veteran employee collapsed just before midnight, prompting fellow dispatchers to begin CPR and use a defibrillator.
Emergency services were dispatched as coworkers rotated tasks—administering CPR, retrieving an AED, and coordinating ambulance response. The woman regained a pulse before being taken to Newark-Wayne Hospital, then airlifted to Rochester General.
Officials say she’s now recovering and credited the team’s textbook-perfect response with saving her life.
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