Visitors, Rangers, Clinic Staff Save Man’s Life

On Tuesday September 9th, Old Faithful rangers responded to a report of a man down with CPR in progress in front of the Old Faithful Inn. They found two visitors performing CPR on a man who had no pulse and was not breathing and immediately began instituting advanced cardiac life support measures, employing a LifePak 12 (a defibrillator with a monitor). His cardiac rhythm was restored and he was taken to the Old Faithful Clinic for further treatment, then on to a hospital in Idaho Falls via helicopter. After spending nearly three months in the hospital, he has returned home and is enjoying the holidays with family and friends. The positive outcome of this incident is a result of excellent teamwork by those involved, including visitors Jerry Wolf and Yosef Morgentstein; rangers Jim Warren, Tim Townsend, Jessica Stevens, Brent Thye, Eric Nelson and Tim Knaus; and clinic staffers Bob McClurg, Ginger Townsend and Luanne Rubyiones.