Two running Austin medics help save marathoner

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And they finished the race!!

Two running Austin medics help save marathoner

Published: 7:52 p.m. Monday, Feb. 14, 2011

Marathon training partners Gerry Moreau and George Gibbons were on pace Sunday to finish their first big race together in 4 hours, 30 minutes , the goal they'd set after months of practice.

They lost 20 minutes working to save a man's life.

The two paramedics from Austin-Travis County Emergency Medical Services were nearing mile 15 of the 26.2-mile Rock 'n' Roll Mardi Gras Marathon in New Orleans when Gibbons saw that a small crowd had gathered around a collapsed runner.

http://www.statesman.com/news/local/two-running-austin-medics-help-save-marathoner-1254132.html?cxtype=ynews_rss

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AWESOME STORY!!

Just goes to prove that all they teach you in CPR/EMT classes, that early access to patient really does make all the difference!