Most days, nurse practitioner Felicia Quick uses her life-saving skills when she’s on duty in the emergency department at USA Health University Hospital. A few weeks ago her training and experience helped a man in distress after he collapsed.
Felicia Quick, CRNP, and her husband, Mike, a paramedic, were outside a Mobile County License Commission office on May 12, 2020. A man in line dropped to the ground. As someone called 911 for help, as the Quicks went to work.
“He started having abnormal breathing and that’s when I started chest compressions,” Felicia Quick said. “It happened so fast.”
The Mobile Fire-Rescue Department’s Engine 28 and Rescue 28 were dispatched to the scene for to care for a person suspected of having a heart attack. When they arrived, the crew found the Quicks performing cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on the man who at that point had become unresponsive.