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Baine returns to OTMH to thank his lifesavers by Zita Raponi, Halton Healthcare Services Special to the Beaver 3 | Friday, March 27, 2015 | OAKVILLE BEAVER | www.insideHALTON.com Though it's nearly a year later, the events of April 16, 2014 will not soon be forgotten by long-time Oakville resident Jim Baine. It had been a crazy afternoon. The 71-year-old was heading to Halton Healthcare Service's (HHS) Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital (OTMH) to pick up his wife, Elsie, 74, after her short hospital stay. Baine parked his van in the temporary patient pick-up area outside the hospital's front doors, where his wife was waiting for him in a wheelchair. After getting her safely into their van, Baine was returning the wheelchair when suddenly everything went black. "The next thing I knew, I was on a stretcher in the Emergency Department (ED), surrounded by a crowd of faces including doctors, nurses and my family, all looking quite concerned and asking me if I was alright," said Baine. "A nurse named Sam was removing the blood pressure cuff and was apologizing to me ­ something about having to jump on me to do CPR." "It all seemed so surreal. I was totally disoriented. I had left my daughter at home, I had just helped my wife into the van and my son and daughter-in law were both supposed to be working so I couldn't understand how they were all there in the Emergency Room with me. It made no sense," said Baine. If Jim Baine had to have a heart attack, he picked the right location -- the doorstep of Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital (OTMH) -- where medical staff were on hand to rush out and save his life. On Wednesday, Baine, 71, went back to thank those who did so. Pictured, from left, are: Dr. David Fernandes, Baine and nurses Samantha Marchand and Sarah McCarthy. | photo by Eric Riehl ­ Oakville Beaver (Follow on Twitter @halton_photog) or www.facebook.com/HaltonPhotog "I had no recollection of what had happened." Baine had suffered a heart attack. Luckily someone saw him collapse and called for help. Dr. David Fernandes, along with Samantha Marchand and Sarah McCarthy, two nurses from the OTMH Emergency Department and Valene Lovett, HHS Respiratory Therapist responded to the "code blue" being paged overhead. "He was down for no more than 30 seconds before we reached him and started CPR. With the hospital security guards' help we got him on a gurney," said McCarthy. "Valene provided him oxygen and Samantha jumped on him so she could continue the CPR en route while the rest of the team and I pushed the gurney down to the ED." By the time they reached the resuscitation room in the ED, Baine was breathing on his own intermittently. "One shock with the defibrillator started his heart beating regularly again," recalls Fernandes. "And after all that, this man comes back from the brink of death, and the first thing he says is `Where is my wife, is she okay?' He wasn't even concerned about himself." "Talk about being in the right place at the right time. When it comes to the heart, timing is everything. Starting CPR as soon as possible is vital to keeping the heart muscle alive," said Marchand. "Mr. Baine was lucky that this happened in a healthcare facility where CPR was readily available. Had his heart attack occurred while he was driving or at home, the outcome might have been very different." "Tests revealed that Baine's arteries were severely clogged and this caused his heart to stop. Fortunately, due to the quick response, Baine's heart muscle was not damaged and he did not suffer any neurological impairment," said Fernandes. "This was a wonderful example of good teamwork." Baine was moved to the intensive care unit at OTMH for further tests and observation. see Quick on p.10 Sore Feet, Sports Injury, Painful Ingrown Toenails? Plantar Warts? We can help! 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