Local Dentist Saves Man’s Life with CPR at Community Event

LINDSAY (voice-over): "It was supposed to be just another morning on the pickleball courts in Lake Forest. 58-year-old Jeff Kotkin was enjoying the game — "KOTKIN: "Finished the game, which of course we had won, and sat down just to get some water."LINDSAY (voice-over): " — when suddenly his world went black."KOTKIN: "Next thing I know, I wake up in an ambulance on the way to Orlando Regional Hospital."LINDSAY (voice-over): "No warning, no time to react. He had suffered a massive cardiac arrest."KOTKIN: "I could feel the coldness in the air. And other than that, no signs or symptoms. Have no idea that anything wrong was the matter."LINDSAY (voice-over): "Jeff didn’t have to wait long for help. Standing on that same court was Dr. George Mitrogos."MITROGOS: "All of a sudden, things got crazy."LINDSAY (voice-over): "He’s a local dentist, but in that moment, it was what Jeff needed. Doctor Mitrogos jumped into action, starting hands-only CPR while Jeff’s heart was completely still."MITROGOS "It’s one of those -- if you train enough, meaning if you do your CPR and you renew it every year or every two years, something along those lines, it’s muscle memory.”

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Local Dentist Saves Man’s Life with CPR at Community Event‘A routine game of pickleball turned into a fight for survival for one man’News & PoliticsEXCERPT:LINDSAY (voice-over): "It was supposed to be just another morning on the pickleball courts in Lake Forest. 58-year-old Jeff Kotkin was enjoying the game — "KOTKIN: "Finished the game, which of course we had won, and sat down just to get some water."LINDSAY (voice-over): " — when suddenly his world went black."KOTKIN: "Next thing I know, I wake up in an ambulance on the way to Orlando Regional Hospital."LINDSAY (voice-over): "No warning, no time to react. He had suffered a massive cardiac arrest."KOTKIN: "I could feel the coldness in the air. And other than that, no signs or symptoms. Have no idea that anything wrong was the matter."LINDSAY (voice-over): "Jeff didn’t have to wait long for help. Standing on that same court was Dr. George Mitrogos."MITROGOS: "All of a sudden, things got crazy."LINDSAY (voice-over): "He’s a local dentist, but in that moment, it was what Jeff needed. Doctor Mitrogos jumped into action, starting hands-only CPR while Jeff’s heart was completely still."MITROGOS "It’s one of those -- if you train enough, meaning if you do your CPR and you renew it every year or every two years, something along those lines, it’s muscle memory.”Video filesFullCompactSort byDateSummaryRelevancePopularityPer page81216Audio filesFullCompactSort byDateSummaryRelevancePopularityPer page81216Recipient e-mailMessage (optional)Preview

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