{"id":15217,"date":"2017-06-26T18:58:55","date_gmt":"2017-06-26T18:58:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/georgiaarsoncontrol.org\/?p=15217"},"modified":"2017-06-26T18:58:55","modified_gmt":"2017-06-26T18:58:55","slug":"retired-firefighter-saves-man-having-heart-attack-at-ace-hardware","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/georgiaarsoncontrol.org\/?p=15217","title":{"rendered":"Retired Firefighter Saves Man Having Heart Attack at Ace Hardware"},"content":{"rendered":"

(NECN<\/a>) \u2013\u00a0Despite being retired for a decade, a former Boston firefighter\u2019s life-saving skills are the reasons why a Massachusetts man says he\u2019s alive.<\/p>\n

Ron Savicki, a retired firefighter of 30 years, now works part-time at Ace Hardware in Weymouth.<\/p>\n

On June 9, he was at the store when he heard a loud crash a few aisles over.<\/p>\n

\u201cRight here, there was a customer laying on the ground right in this spot,\u201d said Savicki pointing to spot where he found an unconscious man who he later would know as Walter Chipman. \u201c(I) noticed that he wasn\u2019t breathing and had no pulse.\u201d<\/p>\n

Chipman had collapsed suddenly and gone into cardiac arrest. Savicki, who works only four days a week, was fortunately there and began doing CPR and chest compressions, a skill he learned in his decades as a firefighter.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust instinct. Just did what I was trained to do,\u201d said Savicki.\u00a0\u201cI just happened to be at the right place at the right time. I was glad I was able to help Mr. Chipman.\u201d<\/p>\n

Savicki continued to perform CPR until first responders arrived and revived Chipman. Without the several minutes of CPR provided by Savicki, the chances of survival for Chipman would have been minimal.<\/p>\n