Dallas Baptist University student Emma Dilley saved a man’s life after performing CPR on him. He was suffering from an asthma attack.
According to KDFW-TV in Dallas, Dilley and her friends were driving through the Oak Lawn neighborhood in Dallas the night of Feb. 10.
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A man was lying on the street with a crowd of people surrounding him at the intersection of Lemmon Avenue and Douglas Avenue.
“I figured I needed to put others before myself, and so I just hopped out and performed CPR,” Dilley said. “I got on the scene and checked his pulse, and it was very faint.”
Good timing
Dilley performed CPR on the man until emergency personnel arrived.
Dilley told FOX 4 she’s known CPR since she was a high school freshman.
“I’m just glad I was there to help and be there for him,” Dilley said.
The man was revived and taken to a local hospital by Dallas Fire and Rescue.
Dilley is a pre-med biology major at DBU and says she wants to work as a doctor in the neonatal intensive care unit.
EDITOR’S NOTE — This story was written by Kendall Lyons and originally published by Baptist Standard.
