Guy died at my gym last night..

JonesersRX7

JonesersRX7

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Say hi to him every now and then. Last night was finishing up chest about ready to do back when he was on the Eliptical and said hi.

About 15 minutes later I am doing rack deads and hear a yell/moan, almost like some one pulled a muscle or dropped a weight on their toe. I go to take a drink at the fountain and see a girl running to the aerobics floor with a paniced look. The gym has a track that runs around the outside with the aerobics room glassed off from two sides..

Walk over and it's the same guy who 15 minutes early I just said hi too. He had fallen face first to the wood and they, another guy had walked over before me were trying to role him over and wake him. I put his arm down and then rolled him over and his face was blue and purple with a busted lip and cut across the bridge of his nose.

I made sure someone had called 911 and had the guy standing over him start pumping on his chest and I ran down to see if the gym had a respirator or something as to not put anyones mouth in direct contact with his bloody mouth.. they had nothing.

Ran back up and he was a dark/deep purplish blue. About 8 minutes after this happened the paramedics showed up and put an o2 tube down his throat and kept pumping his chest. They finally put him on a back board and on a girny and then rolled him into the elevator to most likely take him to the hospitol to pronounce him.

He was most likely dead 4 minutes after he hit the ground as thats when we lost his pulse.

I still have visions of his mouth hanging open and his eyes open and seeing his pupils dialate. Keep thinking I could have done something else. I have never seen someone die, let alone touch them and as they were dying.

I am not really sad, but I couldn't sleep much last night, just weird feelings going on and I just wanted to tell my story.

Makes me realize what truely is important in life and how fragile it is...
 
Holy crap!
I am sure that you did everything that you could to help, so don't beat yourself up over it.
Live for today, as you never know what tomorrow might bring.
I hope you sleep better tonight.
 
Life can be taken for granted thats why you are living your's healthy, and you have for it so much to show for it... You did everything you could have done, and you went further to try and perform a life saving method. Death is always upon us, but when it is your time, thats when you will go. Just know it was God's plan for you to be there, and have said Hi, because, if you don't know now, you know how precious life is. Thank you for sharing your story.
 
Wow, I always see some guys huffing and puffing and I think

"Don't make me come jump start ya"

What kind of shape was he in?
 
refrieddreams said:
Wow, I always see some guys huffing and puffing and I think

"Don't make me come jump start ya"

What kind of shape was he in?
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Was over weight, but nothing too serious. Definately alot of VAT.

I'm sure it was heart related.
 
Jones, you did what you could do. Don't dwell on what you think you could have done. Seeing someone die is not a normal thing, and is something people deal with in different ways. I've seen my share of people die, and while I was performing CPR.

One thing I can suggest to those reading this thread, is stress how important taking a simple CPR class can be. It can make the differnece between life and death in some cases. Also, maybe your gym should look into keeping some sort of First Aid kit on-hand. One equipped with a CPR mask to avoid fluid tranfers that is accessible to all members.

Based on the given info., it sounds like the dude had a heart attack.
 
Sounds like maybe an aneurysm or blood clot, either way must have really freaked you out, unfortunate you had to experience that incident.
 
It's happened to me a few times Jones. I know the feeling and it is really disturbing. Society/TV/Movies put the notion in our heads that we are supposed to save people but it can't always be done so we're left with a little residual guilt...but it's not your fault. People just die sometimes and it is never pleasant to see.

Take Cuffs advice..get CPR certified as a favor to yourself. It could save a loved one.

It was also wise to not expose yourself to his blood and it is unfortunate the gym did not have a CPR mask. I had two occasions where CPR was necessary on bleeding people. I wasn't able to render aid to either but almost disregarded the blood and went for it. Luckily I did not as one guy ended up having full blown AIDS and the other the latent stages of Hepatitus C. They were beyond recessitation anyways as it turned out..one with a torn aorta the other a massive head wound.
 
Damn Jones, that's a damn shame. Was he an older man? In any case, it sounds like you did all you could do in this situation.

My step-dad once told me about an experience in which he had to give another man CPR, the man vomited in his mouth, and didn't make it.

Life is so damn fragile, it sucks.
 
there wouldnt have been much you could have done , by sounds of it most probably a Myocardial infarction, hence he went into Cyanosis so quickly. Not a nice things for some people to see, i think a defibrulation unit would have been the onlything that could have started his heart. CPR is just so bloody hard and knackering.Im not doctor btw.

sorry to hear anyway
 
I agree with with Cuffs and Tubob. Just another example of why people should look into CPR courses. I am quite surprised the gym didn't have a pocket mask for rescue breathing and an AED (automated external defribillator). I'm sure they will be looking into it after this incident. Hope you feel better man, just know you did all you could.
 
THanks for the replys everyone... felt good to tell the story.

In the front of my mind... I know I did everything I could. But in the back... I go over it thinking I could have.

That's just my nature tho. I got a call from corporate and he did indeed die. Asked me for a whole run down of the situation.


this was at a Bally's by the way.
 
The EXACT same thing happened to my anatomy professor's husband a few years back. He was doing cardio on a treadmill and had an acute MI and died on the spot. My professor and her husband were very health conscious and did alot of cardio even though they were in their early 60's. It's strange that about a week before we were studying about heart disease and she mentioned "mostly fat and lazy have heart attacks." I know that her husband was old but it taught me that life is precious and that death can come when you least expect it, despite you're lifestyle. In the career field I'm going in I know it's hard to deal with death. But when something like this happens it makes you stronger. Cherish the time you have with your loved ones because you never know when something unexpected could happen.
 
Just smile and feel glad that you where nice to him.

I can relate.
I hit a kid in a lowered older civic and I was in my lifted 89 F250. He had vision problems (tunnel like) and did not see me and pulled out in front of me while I was doing 35. (He had been in three accidents turning left due to his vision problems :wtf: ) I immediately hit the brakes but he pulled out so close to me that I had almost no time to stop. I skidded for like 8 feet and then completely T-boned him in the drivers side door. He was unconscious and bleeding violently from his nose and a little from facial wounds. No one knew cpr but it would not have mattered as he was internally bleeding badly. He suffocated on his blood and stopped breathing in front of us. The ambulance got him breathing again and pumped probably a gallon of blood out of his lungs, but he never gained conciousness and was kept aritficially alive in the hospital till the next day so his family could say good bye.

Stuff happens. "lifes a fragile thing harry" :sad:
 
JonesersRX7 said:
THanks for the replys everyone... felt good to tell the story.

In the front of my mind... I know I did everything I could. But in the back... I go over it thinking I could have.
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Everyone gets that. I still have it from a few people who croaked when I was working at the beach when I was younger. My brother's got it with our father when he died, he was doing CPR on him until the ambulance came. That's got to be rough.

That's just my nature tho. I got a call from corporate and he did indeed die. Asked me for a whole run down of the situation.

this was at a Bally's by the way.
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All gyms, especially large chains like Bally's that can easily afford it, should have defib units available and someone on staff at all times who knows how to use them. It's not that hard to train for, I think the recertification here in NY is once a year and 150 bucks onc3e you're trained. Not too terribly expensive.
 
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