{"id":9966,"date":"2026-11-12T22:58:25","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T20:58:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/2026\/11\/12\/a-15-minute-fight-for-life-in-the-middle-of-the-street-in-mukachevo-emergency-medical-technicians-restarted-the-heart-of-a-75-year-old-man\/"},"modified":"2026-11-12T22:58:30","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T20:58:30","slug":"a-15-minute-fight-for-life-in-the-middle-of-the-street-in-mukachevo-emergency-medical-technicians-restarted-the-heart-of-a-75-year-old-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/2026\/11\/12\/a-15-minute-fight-for-life-in-the-middle-of-the-street-in-mukachevo-emergency-medical-technicians-restarted-the-heart-of-a-75-year-old-man\/","title":{"rendered":"A 15-minute fight for life in the middle of the street: In Mukachevo, emergency medical technicians restarted the heart of a 75-year-old man"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>A senior citizen suddenly began having seizures and went into cardiac arrest. Thanks to concerned passersby and the lightning-fast response of Team No. 702\u2014composed of Ruslan Gravs, Vasyl Hegedos, and Vasyl Polyansky\u2014the patient was successfully resuscitated right at the scene.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A true medical miracle, made possible by professionalism and an immediate response, took place today in Mukachevo. An emergency medical team revived a 75-year-old resident whose heart had stopped right on the street.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The successful resuscitation and rescue of the patient were reported by the \u201cTranscarpathian Regional Center for Emergency Medical Care and Disaster Medicine.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A few minutes\u2019 drive and a quarter-hour of resuscitation<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The incident occurred on one of Mukachevo\u2019s streets when the elderly man suddenly fell ill\u2014he began having seizures and then lost consciousness:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Alert passersby:<\/strong> Fortunately, there were caring people nearby who didn\u2019t panic, didn\u2019t walk by, and immediately called the emergency hotline <strong>\u201c103\u201d<\/strong>;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Immediate arrival of medical personnel:<\/strong> Within minutes of the call, Emergency Medical Service Team No<strong>. 702<\/strong> arrived on the scene. During the examination, the specialists determined that the man was unconscious and showed no signs of circulation, so they immediately began standard cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR);<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Victory over death:<\/strong> Fifteen minutes of intense, uninterrupted struggle to save his life were successful\u2014the 75-year-old patient\u2019s heart began beating again, and spontaneous circulation was restored.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The lifesavers were the specialists from Brigade No. 702: paramedics <strong>Ruslan Gravs<\/strong> and <strong>Vasyl Hegedosh<\/strong>, as well as emergency medical technician <strong>Vasyl Polyansky<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Hospitalization and the Patient\u2019s Condition<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After stabilizing his vital signs, the emergency medical team carefully transported the rescued man to St. Martin\u2019s Hospital in Mukachevo. The patient is currently in a specialized ward under round-the-clock medical supervision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We sincerely thank Crew No. 702 for their exceptional skill, composure, and every life they save, and the caring residents of Mukachevo for their timely call, which proved to be decisive!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/103zak.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/103zak.com\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Public Non-Profit Enterprise \u201cTranscarpathian Regional Center for Emergency Medical Care and Disaster Medicine\u201d (103 Transcarpathia).<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A senior citizen suddenly began having seizures and went into cardiac arrest. Thanks to concerned passersby and the lightning-fast response of Team No. 702\u2014composed of Ruslan Gravs, Vasyl Hegedos, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":9962,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1391,1455,1389],"tags":[3154,1614,3155],"class_list":["post-9966","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mukachevo-district","category-mukachevo","category-zakarpattia-news","tag-cardiac-arrest","tag-mukachevo","tag-saving-an-elderly-mans-life-in-mukachevo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9966"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9966\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9962"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9966"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.zakvisnyk.com.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}