6th year students of Lviv Medical University helped rescue a 68-year-old man whose heart stopped in a tram.

This was reported by the press service of the Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University.

On September 22, the girls were on tram # 2 after classes, when suddenly one of the passengers felt bad - he began to lose consciousness. Quickly assessing the situation, the female students determined that the man had heart problems.. Therefore, with the help of several more passengers who were nearby, the patient was laid on the floor and began to reanimate him..

Elizaveta Shepel said that, on the advice of university professors, she always carried a mask-valve for artificial respiration with her.. On that day, she came in handy during cardiopulmonary resuscitation..

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According to the students, they carried out resuscitation measures for about 10 minutes, until the ambulance arrived.. During this time, the man's heart stopped twice..

Doctors took the man to the intensive care unit of the Lviv Regional Clinical Hospital. There his condition was stabilized..