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Student-Athlete Saves Her Dad’s Life with CPR Skills Learned at University of Pittsburgh When Ellie Breech’s father, Ed Breech, a longtime ER nurse, went into cardiac arrest after a night shift, Ellie’s quick thinking and recent CPR training helped save his life. Ellie, a soccer goalie and student-athlete at the University of Pittsburgh, had been trained in CPR and how to use an automated external defibrillator (AED) just months earlier, as part of the university’s effort to train its athletes following the high-profile cardiac arrest of Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin during an NFL game. For Ellie, the training in the spring of 2023 was a refresher of skills she had learned as a summer lifeguard in her hometown of Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. She was already familiar with the life-saving power of CPR, thanks to years of hearing her father share stories from his work in the emergency room. On Christmas morning in 2023, after working an overnight shift, Ed came home to spend the...
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