It was Whit Monday, and Adam Jesney, 54, had just returned to Amsterdam after
\na weekend visit to family in the United Kingdom. After leaving the airport early in the evening,
\nhe travelled to Zuid metro station in Amsterdam-Zuid and was
\nabout to take the tram home when he began to feel dizzy.
\n\u201cMy heart was racing incredibly fast,\u201d says Adam. \u201cI remember thinking, \u2018OK, the tram will have to
\nwait a moment\u2026 I\u2019ll just sit down and catch my breath.\u2019\u201d At that moment, he collapsed.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, 23-year-old Beau Schoots was on her way home after a rugby match when she saw a group of
\npeople gathered around Adam. She approached, quickly realised how serious the situation was and
\nimmediately took action. \u201cI had first aid and CPR qualifications, and I wanted to help,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
\u201cDo not hesitate; act immediately \u2013 every second counts.<\/strong><\/em> <\/p>\n One of the bystanders who responded after Adam collapsed happened to be a nurse and <\/p>\n Fortunately, at office building entrances in Amsterdam\u2019s Zuidas district, there are City <\/p>\n Shortly afterwards, the fire brigade, police and ambulance arrived.\u201d <\/p>\n Adam and his wife Tracey later had the opportunity to meet Beau in person, a <\/p>\n Beau agrees: \u201cDo not hesitate; act immediately \u2013 every second counts. The City AED tells you Het was Tweede Pinksterdag en Adam Jesney, 54, was net teruggekeerd in Amsterdam na een weekendbezoek aan familie in het Verenigd Koninkrijk. Nadat hij vroeg in de avond het vliegveld had verlaten, ging hij naar metrostation Zuid in Amsterdam-Zuid en stond op het punt de tram naar huis te nemen toen hij zich duizelig begon […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1938,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/city-aed.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1937","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/city-aed.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/city-aed.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/city-aed.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/city-aed.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1937"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/city-aed.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1937\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2004,"href":"https:\/\/city-aed.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1937\/revisions\/2004"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/city-aed.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/city-aed.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/city-aed.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/city-aed.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nThe AED tells you exactly what to do.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n
\nknelt on one side of Adam. \u201cI sat on his other side,\u201d says Beau, \u201cand just
\nafter I sat down, we heard him making strange noises. We laid him on his back and
\nimmediately started CPR. The nurse and I took turns while a
\nbystander called the emergency services.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nAEDs installed by the city. As the pair continued CPR with help from another bystander,
\nBeau spotted a City AED and asked someone in the crowd to
\ncollect it. \u201cOnce the City AED was connected, we gave him one shock, and he came back.<\/p>\n
\nAdam, who had no history of heart problems, says he is recovering from the
\nexperience with a renewed appreciation for life. \u201cThe quick actions of Beau and the
\nother helpers saved my life; my family and I are eternally grateful to them.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nspecial and emotional experience for all three. Adam\u2019s advice is: \u201cTake the training. Have
\nthe courage to use an AED, and use it quickly. You really can make a difference and spare many
\nfamilies a great deal of pain.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nexactly what to do. If you see someone who is unwell, do not simply walk past.
\nSee whether you can help. You could be the person who makes that small but vital difference in someone\u2019s life.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"