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ST. GEORGE — A 72-year-old man collapsed at a pickleball court and stopped breathing the afternoon of Jan. 4. But thanks to the quick response from those at the park, he survived.
The man, whose identity was not revealed by officials due to medical privacy laws, was playing pickleball at the courts at Archie Gubler Park in Santa Clara. Local resident Mark Wagner said it was a group effort to save the Washington man who collapsed at the courts.
"He had a weak pulse, but then he stopped breathing," Wagner said. "We couldn't feel a pulse. We started CPR and Sharon, a nurse, started chest compressions, and I was opening his airway."
Wagner thanked Dan Mills, who also assisted with chest compressions on the man. He said a lady called Ricky also helped.
