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Erika Musante<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

CPR saves a life and builds life-long connection<\/strong><\/p>\n

It was a beautiful summer day in July. Erika Musante, an emergency medical technician (EMT) with UCHealth, was spending her weekend camping at Green Mountain Reservoir with her husband, Zeth Ramsay, and their three dogs.<\/p>\n

That Sunday morning, Erika and Zeth were heading south on Colorado Highway 9 to meet up with family to go fishing when she saw commotion on the side of the road. She felt compelled to help.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe should turn around and go back,\u201d Erika said to her husband.<\/p>\n

When they arrived at the scene, Andrea Horan had just suffered a cardiac arrest and was on the gravel roadside receiving CPR from her husband, John Horan, and a good Samaritan.<\/p>\n

They were at least 40 miles from the nearest hospital and 30 miles from the nearest fire station and emergency medical services (EMS).<\/p>\n

Erika took command of the scene. She announced she\u2019s medically trained and quickly took over chest compressions.<\/p>\n

Zeth, a police officer with Arvada Police Department, directed traffic, giving Erika much needed space on the shoulder of the road.<\/p>\n

With several people helping, including an off-duty medic, a nurse and civilians, Erika gave clear and direct instructions on how they could help while she continued chest compressions.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe was kind but direct. This woman knows what she\u2019s doing,\u201d said John of Erika. \u201cMaking it very clear that this is what we need to do to save Andrea\u2019s life.\u201d<\/p>\n

Erika offered words of encouragement to John. She ensured they were performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) at the right pace, by getting everyone to count out loud.<\/p>\n

Officers from the Silverthorne Police Department arrived, and Erika continued to direct others on the correct location for feeling Andrea\u2019s pulse and proper placement of the automated external defibrillator (AED).<\/p>\n

For 45 minutes, they maintained their seemingly endless loop of 30 chest compressions and two rescue breaths.<\/p>\n

Shortly after Summit County EMS arrived, a medical helicopter landed on Highway 9 to fly Andrea out of the canyon to St. Anthony\u2019s, the closest hospital.<\/p>\n

John was eager to be with Andrea, but Erika offered her last piece of advice to John: Don\u2019t drive.<\/p>\n

Zeth, with advanced driving skills as a police officer, drove John in Andrea\u2019s vehicle 80 miles to the hospital. Erika followed at a distance in their truck.<\/p>\n

While in transit, after John made phone calls to family, the two men talked, and formed a strong bond.<\/p>\n

Zeth learned that John is one of the founders of the Colorado Fallen Heroes Association, an organization that cares for Colorado families when a law enforcement officer is killed in the line of duty. John is also a funeral director and directly handled the recent deaths for two of Zeth\u2019s Arvada police department colleagues, Gordon Beesley and Dillon Vakoff.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s hard work when we do it but it\u2019s gratifying when we see the effect that it has on people who are struggling with the most difficult and painful times of their lives,\u201d said John.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we found that out it was kind of like full circle that everything happened the way it did. It was meant to be that we were supposed to make this connection,\u201d Erika said.<\/p>\n

In hindsight, Erika believes it was Gordon and Dillon tugging on her to turn around when she initially noticed the commotion on the side of the road that Sunday in July.<\/p>\n

They are grateful for the roles they have played it each other\u2019s lives. Erika\u2019s role in helping Andrea and John, and John for his role in helping Zeth and Erika and their entire police family with the loss of the officers.<\/p>\n

After two weeks in the hospital, Andrea was on the verge of a full recovery.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel great,\u201d Andrea said at the time. \u201cNow I have a defibrillator. So it\u2019s like having Erika with me all the time.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSome say this is a miracle,\u201d said John. \u201cI agree, but I also know the miracle in part was Erika\u2019s willingness to stop and assist.\u201d<\/p>\n

Approximately 10% of people who suffer an out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and are treated by paramedics survive and leave the hospital after several days.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou have a lot of heroes in your midst and Erika Musante is among those,\u201d said John.<\/p>\n

\u201cMoral of these events is everyone should keep up their CPR certification,\u201d urged Erika. \u201cIt’s a miracle the Horans and myself were able to work with such an experienced care team and very kind civilians.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAndrea is living proof that applying CPR early and aggressively, not only saves someone\u2019s life but enables that person to live life fully and completely every bit as much as that person would live life without having had a cardiac event,\u201d said John.<\/p>\n

Erika credits the commitment and effort by those who stopped to help for Andrea\u2019s successful outcome.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe big picture was no one ever gave up,\u201d Erika said. \u201cWe never knew when help was coming, and we continued [CPR] for the full 45 minutes until EMS arrived.\u201d<\/p>\n

John said it was extraordinary that Erika and Zeth gave up their weekend plans to care for Andrea. She and John have four children together.<\/p>\n

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John Horan, Andrea Horan, Zeth Ramsay and Erika Musante at Black Lake. Photo courtesy of Erika Musante.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Erika, Zeth, John and Andrea have built a forever bond following Andrea\u2019s cardiac arrest. To show their gratitude, John and Andrea invited Erika and Zeth to their vacation home at Black Lake for a long weekend. They fished, rode 4-wheelers, watched CU football and enjoyed each other\u2019s company.<\/p>\n

Erika has worked for UCHealth for almost 7 years. Her goal is to be as prepared as possible for any situation. That July morning, she felt confident in her ability to perform chest compressions and breaths for 45 minutes until EMS arrived.<\/p>\n

\u201cThank heavens there are people like Erika and Zeth who see something, even on their day off, they see someone who needs help and they stop. And they help,\u201d John said.<\/p>\n

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