by Jef Barker
copyright the Chronicle July 13, 2016
ORLEANS — “They said I might have one or two hairline fractures in my ribs, but I can live with that,” Moe Jacobs said casually about his recent brush with death. His rescue involved CPR chest compressions and the use of an automated external defibrillator (AED) at the Orleans Country Club (OCC).
On June 30, OCC golf pro Josh Olney was returning to the clubhouse after running an errand. While passing near the fifth tee, he heard people calling for help. Golfer Moe Jacobs’ heart had stopped beating regularly, and he had collapsed and passed out.
“I was feeling pretty good when we got to the fifth hole — at the tee,” Mr. Jacobs said. He remembers feeling a little dizzy, for just a moment, then nothing until he woke up at the hospital, following a ride in an ambulance and flight in a helicopter.
That he was very close to the clubhouse, where the defibrillator was located, and that a trained employee happened to be passing by likely saved his life…To read the rest of this article, and all the Chronicle‘s stories, subscribe:
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