Crime & Safety
Bellevue Fire and Police Chaplain Saves Man Without Pulse at Restaurant
The quick actions of Bellevue Fire and Police Chaplain Mike Ryan, a volunteer at the fire department for seven years, is credited with saving a man who collapsed without a pulse at a local restaurant last week.
Bellevue Fire and Police Chaplain Mike Ryan, a volunteer at the fire department for seven years, is not a stranger to helping the public whenever the Bellevue Police Department or Fire Department needs him.
But Ryan sprung to action on Thursday in a different way at The King and I restaurant last Thursday, when another diner collapsed without a pulse, according to Bellevue Fire Department spokesman Lt. Troy Donlin.
Donlin posted the following information about the incident on the Bellevue Fire Department's Facebook page:
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While Chaplain Ryan was having lunch today (The King and I - great choice!) a gentleman behind him collapsed. Verifying the man had no pulse, Mike did CPR and asked staff to call 911. Aid 1 arrived minutes later, continued CPR, and provided a lifesaving shock using their AED regaining the man's pulse.
Mike's CPR was so good, and the firefighter's shock so timely that the man told the crews he was alright and politely asked to be left at the restaurant. The firefighters and medics convinced the man that a checkup at Overlake wouldn't hurt.
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Well done Chaplain Ryan.
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