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A local man sadly collapsed and died last month despite the brave attempts of two local dental surgeons who tried to resuscitate him on Abbots High Street. Des Evans and Richard Colin, who both work at the Abbots Langley Dental Practice on Abbots Road, were walking to their place of work when they saw a small crowd of people surrounding a man on the floor at around 7.50am. Richard told My Abbots: “There were two people next to this man on the pavement and when my colleague and I approached him, we noticed it was one of our patients.” Richard and Des are trained for situations like this, having had basic CPR training on a yearly basis. The dental practice actually has its own defibrillator, which Richard rushed up to grab in an attempt to try and save the man’s life. One of the passers by who was with the man called 999 and talked to the operator while the two surgeons tried to resuscitate the ill man. He said: “We’ve had the defibrillator about three years despite it not being compulsory. We worked on him for about 5-10 minutes until the paramedics arrived, and then assisted them as much as we could before getting him into the ambulance.” The man, who had been a patient at the dental surgery for about 25 years, sadly did not make it, and Richard had his suspicions that that would be the case when he saw the ambulance disappear down the road. “They didn’t blue light him away and I just got the feeling that he wasn’t going to make it. We gave him a fighting chance, but when I went into work and saw his medical records, I just didn’t hold much hope.” Richard and Des were told that the man had died a few days after their brave attempts to save his life. If it had not been for the defibrillator, it’s unlikely the man would have even had his fighting chance of survival. “I’m a bit frustrated that the government don’t put these in more public places. It is basic life support and could make all the difference,” said Richard. despite the man sadly passing away, Des and Richard should be commended for their efforts.
My Abbots wish to pass on its condolences to the gentleman’s family in your time of grieving.
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