A paramedic from Detroit was having a heart attack, but it did not stop him from carrying on his civil duty as he saved the life of another man who was also suffering from a heart attack.
"Joseph Hardman was giving CPR to a patient, who hasn't been named, last Friday morning when, on the way to the hospital, he began having severe chest pains," the Daily Mail Reports. "His partner drove them both to the Detroit Medical Center's 24/7 Cardiac Care unit and the paramedics dropped off the patient before Hardman himself went to the ER."
Both Hardman and the patient wsurvived the heart attacks, and now the paramedic is being called a hero. Hardman's union president Joe Barney released a statement about him on Saturday:
"He dropped his patient off alive while he was having a heart attack, then went to the ER, where they treated him immediately. He survived, and he's in fact laying three beds over from the guy he brought into the hospital."
The union president told WXYZ Hardman was a hero and a miracle. Dr. Michael Brown confirmed to the ABC 7 news channel that there was a blockage in Hardman's 'widow maker' artery. He added that his chance of having a heart attack while treating a patient suffering from heart attack is highly unlikely to occur.
"I would have to say one in a million is about appropriate," Brown said. "I haven't ever seen it and I haven't heard of it."
According to the Daily Mail, Hardman was officially released from hospital. Harman has been a paramedic for 15 years and has never had medical issues with his heart.
"Hardman should be able to return to work after a couple of months of therapy," the Daily Mail reports.
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