March 1 ,2024 – Today, at his retirement party, a 71-year-old bioengineer thanked his coworkers for saving his life after suffering a near-death cardiac arrest, prompting swift action from the Clinical Engineering Department (Biomed) at Broward Health Medical Center.
Without a pulse and not breathing, his colleagues sprang into action to resuscitate Mike twice, performing CPR and using an AED twice before the arrival of the Code Blue Team.
The AED sensed a shockable rhythm and discharged as the Code Blue Team came on the scene.
The Pompano Beach resident was then taken to the Emergency room and later brought to the Cardiac Cath Lab where he received life-saving bypass surgery. After several months of recovery and rehab, he came back to work and will now be retiring today after 38 years of working for Broward Health.
“It takes a village to pull someone from death’s door to recovery,” he said.
He credits his team for providing critical life-saving efforts during an incredibly stressful situation until doctors could take over and perform open heart surgery.
His department inspects all medical equipment, the same equipment that was used to save his life.
