An autopsy found the 69-year-old
Aldapa said he had planned to get the COVID-19 vaccine on Friday because he is a licensed EMT and an emergency room worker. Instead, he is awaiting results from a coronavirus test.
“Ten times out of ten, I would still get up and help,” said Aldapa, who has had a headache, cough and body aches since soon after flight. “I was just thinking there’s a guy that needs CPR.”
Aldapa, along with another EMT and ICU nurse, took turns doing CPR on the man, who has not been identified. The group did not do mouth-to-mouth but had rotated a resuscitator and oxygen mask to help the man breathe while doing chest compressions for 45 minutes.
The man’s wife was overheard saying he felt sick before the flight and had lost his sense of taste and smell.
“She told me he had been short of breath and on the way back home he was going to get tested for COVID,” said Aldapa, who works at a
The man died at a hospital after an emergency landing. The flight continued to
The airline reached out to Aldapa to thank him and said it sent the flight manifest to the
For most people, the virus causes mild or moderate symptoms, such as fever and cough that clear up in two to three weeks. For some — especially older adults and people with existing health problems — it can cause more severe illness, including pneumonia, and death.
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