A teenager from Massachusetts was awarded for helping to save the life of a two-year-old after using a CPR technique she saw in an episode of “The Office.”
“That scene specifically just really helped me to stay calm and to keep my mind right because not a lot of people can be put in such a stressful situation and remain calm,” she said. “Just knowing that song and that scene, giving yourself something to kind of distract you and to make sure you’re doing the right thing, I think that’s really helpful, and I think that’s really what I gained out of that scene the most.
She was in her bedroom of her Abington home with her older sister when the two suddenly heard their mother screaming. Sensing the panic in their mother’s tone, Mendes-Rodrigues and her sister ran out to help.Mendes-Rodrigues, 19 years old at the time, noticed he did not appear to be breathing and began to
while her sister called for an ambulance. Mendes-Rodrigues, a student at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Science who is majoring in pre-dental hygiene, was first certified in CPR in high school but had never performed it during an emergency.“It wasn’t too long,” she said. “Just enough for me to start to feel, like, the slightest bit of fatigue.
Mendes-Rodrigues said she continued to perform CPR until the boy began breathing on his own. Paramedics arrived shortly after and fully resuscitated him before taking him to a nearby hospital. Mendes-Rodrigues was told her actions may have saved the boy’s life. “I actually didn’t even realize that I saved someone’s life until after the fact,” she said. “One of the firefighters mentioned it and I was like, ‘Oh, OK. Good to know.’”
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