MAITLAND FIRE DEPT

My 32 year old husband last Thursday with no previous health issues, illnesses or sickness died in our bed while sleeping at 4:50 am from complete out of the blue cardiac arrest. I called 911 and was patched through to an operator and Maitland emergency services were dispatched to my home. I got my husband on the floor and gave him CPR for around 15 minutes, once they came in they grabbed him and began Compressions & defibrillation for 6 minutes longer till they got him back. My fit young healthy husband was dead for 20+ minutes and they brought him back to me. They got him in the ambulance and kept him alive till they got him to the hospital from Maitland to Adventhealth Orlando. I wanted them to know and plan to go see them as well, that they were the first heroes on scene and even though once he was put into ICU, where he had a seizure and another cardiac arrest and coded, he wouldn’t have made it that far without them. Somehow due to everyone in this long story of rescue & recovery he was finally brought back for a second time, stabilized & put into a coma. There wasn’t much hope for brain recovery if he did live through he night. This was 7 days ago. I got to walk out of the hospital yesterday with my husband and all the doctors and nurses even told us it was a miracle. Not only coming back to life but no brain damage. This rescue department is forever part of our life story from here. What you do everyday is important and changes the course of people’s lives. You all will always be in my heart and prayers. They never found out why it happened, what caused it or know if it will ever happen again, he now has a defibrillator installed but he’s here. And alive. And I thank you all.

Perhaps the next time you drive into Dommerich Estates on an ambulance call, you don't bring your largest fire truck for no reason and bathe the house not on call in your sidelights at 4:30AM. OK, heroes?

Today I stopped by this Fire Department to see if they could help me get a ring off I've worn for 50 plus years, what a wonderful caring and helpful crew! I'll never forget you all ,thank you so much ! God Bless you all !!!

Best fire station I ever been. Too

They run into fires when everyone else is running out.