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player ready...When truck driver William Reynolds suffered a heart attack at the Georgia Nut Co. in Skokie, the firm’s owner didn’t hesitate to perform CPR–even though he didn’t know how.
Now, he’s making sure his employees are better equipped should they ever be called on to help in an emergency.
Reynolds, 76, collapsed March 1. David Drehobl, the company’s chief operating officer, and employee Daryl Peden administered CPR as they waited for an ambulance.
“I never took a CPR class but had seen a pamphlet on it,” Drehobl said. “It was more just instinct. Luckily, I did the right thing.”
Reynolds was not breathing and did not have a pulse when Skokie firefighters arrived, Fire Chief Ralph Czerwinski said. He said Drehobl and Peden helped keep Reynolds alive until advanced life support was initiated. Reynolds has made a full recovery and is back at work, Drehobl said.
Skokie officials awarded citizen lifesaving awards to Drehobl and Peden.
Drehobl said that the award was wonderful but that it’s more important that his employees are getting CPR training. He said 20 workers have taken the one-night course and others are waiting to take it.
“Not that they want to use it, but if they have to use it, at least they’d know what to do,” Drehobl said.