A man who collapsed during an El Al flight from New York to Tel Aviv was saved by a fellow passenger who happened to be a trained nurse.
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Riki Rosen, a senior nurse in the Sheba Medical Center in central Israel was alerted by her husband to a commotion near her seat, as passengers tried to help a 50-year-old man who had collapsed by pouring water over him, unwittingly exacerbating his situation.
"My husband told me that someone had collapsed and people were pouring water over him," she told Israel Hayom. "Doing this is very dangerous because it can make him suffocate. I went over there, made sure to stop him from getting up and then we placed him in a row of seats and lifted his legs. These steps are important and they can be life-saving."
She said that after stabilizing his vitals, a physician from first class arrived and evaluated his condition. "I am glad everything turned out to be ok, it was not a pleasant scene," Rosen says.
