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Muntinlupa emergency medical services team lauded for reviving lifeless 17-year-old girl

Published Aug 9, 2024 07:52 am

Two nurses from the Muntinlupa City Department of Disaster Resilience and Management (MCDDRM) were commended for saving a young girl’s life. 

In a post on Facebook, Ronel Caingles of the Muntinlupa emergency medical services (EMS) said nurses Lionel Perena and Ryan King Cruz saved a lifeless 17-year-old girl who had no pulse and breathing. 

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Nurses Lionel Perena (left) and Ryan King Cruz who saved a young girl (Photo from Ronel Caingles)

“These 2 guys from my team were able to bring back the dead to life. After receiving a lifeless 17-year-old girl ( no pulse, no breathing), who was cuddled by her father,” he wrote. 

He added, “They immediately apply life-saving skills which is high quality CPR. While en route to hospital the patient suddenly woke up. Like she was gasping for air from drowning. And she cried. The patient is alive! Like nothing happened!”

According to Perena, on Aug. 8, they received a call from the Muntinlupa operations center that an unconscious girl in Katihan, Barangay Poblacion needed immediate medical attention. 

“Nung dumating kami sa area, nakita po namin yung pasyente buhat-buhat na po ng kanyang tatay (When we arrived in the area, we saw the patient being carried by his father),” he said in a video provided by the MCDDRM. 

According to the parents, he said, the girl lost consciousness at about 5 p.m. It took about one hour before they called the Muntinlupa emergency hotline. 

Cruz said the operations center called them at about 6 pm. They arrived in the area at about 6:15 p.m. 

When the girl was put on a stretcher, Perena said he checked her pulse. 

“Wala po akong nakita o nakuhang pulso dun sa 17 years old na babae. Negative pulse, negative breathing,” he said. 

They applied chest rub on the patient but she was still unconscious. So they performed CPR [cardiopulmonary resuscitation] on the girl. 

A chest or sternum rub “is the application of painful stimulas with the knuckles of closed fist to the center chest of a patient who is not alert and does not respond to verbal stimuli. The sternum rub is the most common painful stimulus practiced in the field by EMTs and paramedics,” according to the EMS1 website. 

The EMS team decided to bring the girl to a hospital. They informed the parents that the girl would be brought to the nearest hospital for emergency medical treatment. They were referring to a private hospital across the Muntinlupa City hall. 

However, the parents said they had no money to pay for the private hospital so the patient was taken to the city-run Ospital ng Muntinlupa in Alabang. 

When they entered the South Luzon Expressway (SLEX) to go to the hospital, the girl suddenly became conscious. Even the doctors at the Ospital ng Muntinlupa were surprised by what happened. 

Caingles’ post was shared by the MCDDRM and the Muntinlupa City government. 

“Malaking saludo sa mga bayani na ito! Job well done, Sir Lionel at Sir Ryan (A big salute to these heroes! Job well done, Sir Lionel and Sir Ryan),” the MCDDRM posted. 

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