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Dan Geery, 60, an athlete from Monument, Colorado, is back on his bicycle, thanks to local hometown heroes and two UCHealth Memorial Hospital cardiologists.\u00a0<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As Colorado Springs attorney Lisa Kirkman drove down a two-lane road, she marveled at the bicyclist cruising just ahead of her.<\/p>\n

Traveling more than 28 mph \u2013 faster than she was driving her car \u2013 Kirkman was awed by the man\u2019s physical acumen. Then, in a blink, the man fell over, crashing to the dirt on the side of the road.<\/p>\n

A former prosecutor who now is senior assistant county attorney dedicated to the El Paso County Sheriff\u2019s Office, Kirkman put her blinker on and pulled to the side of the road. She was quickly joined by Carlos Gutierrez, an El Paso County Sheriff\u2019s deputy and community relations officer, who happened to be riding by in his car and just happened to have been re-certified in CPR a month earlier. Another good Samaritan, a woman, joined them.<\/p>\n

The trio of helpers hovered over the bicyclist, who they found out later was Dan Geery, a 60-year-old athlete from Monument, who was lying on his side \u2013 his feet still in the shoes that were locked into the bicycle pedals.<\/p>\n

Kirkman and the woman worked furiously to free Geery\u2019s feet from his shoes. Gutierrez radioed for an ambulance and began CPR.\"\"<\/p>\n

Then Kirkman, who has delivered eloquence time and again in the courtroom, began to speak words of encouragement and support to a man she did not know.<\/p>\n

\u201cI bet you have grandchildren. I bet you have a wife. You need to be here,\u2019\u2019 she told him as he lay unconscious.<\/p>\n

The color had vanished from Geery\u2019s face, but Gutierrez kept up the chest compressions. As paramedics loaded the bicyclist into the ambulance, Gutierrez heard a paramedic say: \u201cWe have a slight rhythm.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

By that time, Sheriff\u2019s Lt. J.D. Ross had arrived on the scene. He loaded up Geery\u2019s bicycle and sheriff\u2019s deputies escorted the ambulance, stopping traffic at intersections, to help get the man they found on the side of the road to UCHealth Memorial Hospital<\/a>.\"\"<\/p>\n

Lt. Ross had rifled through some identification and telephoned Ann, Geery\u2019s wife, to tell her what happened. When Ann got to Memorial, a doctor told her that her husband of 19 years — a rock-solid, 154-pound physically fit former salesman who worked out three or four times a week — was the sickest man in the hospital.<\/p>\n

Getting people who have suffered a cardiac event into the heart catheterization lab at UCHealth is practiced every day at the hospital. Expert caregivers in cardiac health stand at the ready, waiting for people like Geery. The quicker they can move the patient to the heart catheterization lab, where they can thread a tiny tube into the arteries to see any potential blockage, the quicker the artery can be opened. For this team, faster is the goal because it saves lives.<\/p>\n

\"This
Dr. Russell Linsky, cardiologist at UCHealth Memorial Hospital.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Dr. Russell Linsky<\/a>, a UCHealth Memorial Hospital cardiologist, advanced the catheter and found one artery was 90 percent blocked and another artery was 75 percent closed. He placed two stents, a tubular support placed inside a blood vessel, canal, or duct to aid healing or relieve an obstruction. Four days later, Dr. Jorge Davalos<\/a>, also a cardiologist, placed two more stents, restoring proper blood flow to Geery\u2019s heart.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese are the scariest moments of what I do, but they are also the best moments,\u2019\u2019 Linsky said. \u201cThis is why I do what I do.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

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Dan Geery and his wife, Ann Geery, on a bike ride.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Geery went to the Intensive Care Unit. He doesn\u2019t remember anything from a week before his heart attack to about a week after. In the hospital, Ann told him again and again that he had a heart attack. He spent about a week in the hospital and then went home. He is enrolled in Memorial\u2019s cardiac rehabilitation program to grow stronger and get back to normal.<\/p>\n

As part of his recovery, he wanted to meet the people who saved his life. Last week, he reconnected with Dr. Linsky.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou fixed me,\u2019\u2019 Geery said as the two men embraced in a quick hug.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou got lucky in a million ways,\u2019\u2019 Linsky said. \u201cWe are happy that we were here, and I\u2019m proud of the program that we have built here \u2013 it\u2019s all about speed. The quicker we provide care, the better the outcome.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

Geery said of the staff: \u201cThey stick to you \u2013 they treated me like an athlete and not a 60-year-old guy. Their attitude was: We need to get you back on the bike because that\u2019s what you do.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

Geery also stopped by the El Paso County Sheriff\u2019s Office to meet Kirkman, Gutierrez and Ross, and greeted each of them with an embrace.<\/p>\n

\u201cI like you with color in your face,\u2019\u2019 Kirkman said.<\/p>\n

\"This
Dr. Jorge Davalos, cardiologist at UCHealth Memorial Hospital.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cHow are you feeling?\u2019\u2019 Kirkman asked<\/p>\n

Geery said his ribs are still a little sore.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m sorry,\u2019\u2019 Gutierrez said, recalling the CPR. \u201cI felt some of your ribs crack.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n

Gutierrez told Geery that he had just been re-certified in CPR. He explained that all deputies take a three-hour CPR class but they never think they\u2019ll actually be called upon to administer the life-saving technique.<\/p>\n

Geery said the experience has changed his life, and he hopes that others will be inspired by his story to do something to make themselves, or the world, a little better.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you think about it the fact is that there may be no tomorrow, that maybe I\u2019ll be a little better for myself. Maybe I\u2019ll learn CPR, maybe I\u2019ll change my diet, maybe I\u2019ll go get a check-up with my doctor,\u2019\u2019 Geery said.<\/p>\n

El Paso County Sheriff Bill Elder also greeted Dan and Ann Geery and presented them with law enforcement \u201ccoins,\u2019\u2019 \u2013 medallions that law enforcement officers provide \u2013 often to others law enforcement agencies and citizens — to show appreciation and camaraderie.<\/p>\n

\u201cGive him a raise,\u2019\u2019 Ann said with a smile and a gesture toward Gutierrez.<\/p>\n

\"This
El Paso County Sheriff’s Deputy Carlos Gutierrez, Dan Geery, El Paso County Attorney Lisa Kirkman and Sheriff’s Lt. J.D. Ross, meet at the sheriff’s office in Colorado Springs.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Ann spent a few minutes showing Kirkman, Gutierrez and Ross photographs of their family \u2013 the generations. On the side of the road that day, Kirkman\u2019s words of encouragement were spot on. Dan and Ann have four spunky grandchildren.<\/p>\n

Ann then gave Kirkman and Gutierrez gift baskets, and she presented a special card for Ross.<\/p>\n

In the baskets, there were hand-written letters from Addison and Chloe \u2013 Ann\u2019s daughters and Geery\u2019s step-daughters. Chloe said in her letter that Dan is the best dad anyone could ask for. He taught her how to ride a dirt bike and attended all of her school track meets.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou are personally responsible for holding my family together. You kept my family together,\u2019\u2019 she said.<\/p>\n

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