Oceanside Cardiac Arrest Victim Meets Her Rescuers

An Oceanside woman, who may have died without immediate help last month, met her rescuers Monday.

On February 3, Ahnia Mcfall, 28, suffered a possible seizure at her home that left her without a pulse and not breathing, according to an Oceanside press release. Her husband called 911 and started CPR.

The first responder was Officers Jonathan Boone and Ernie Thibodeaux.  Boone had an automated external defibrillator—commonly referred to as an AED—in his patrol car. The officer used the device to detect a treatable rhythm and delivered two shocks. In addition, Thibodeaux had taken over CPR from the woman’s husband.

Oceanside firefighters Jason Trevino, Tim Scott and Jeremy Brandt took over care and transported McFall  to Tri-City Medical Center—where she spent two weeks being treated for a cardiac condition.

McFall’s is the fourth life saved with AEDs since “The Beat Goes !” program in 1999 that put the devices—which help stop certain cardiac arrests—in various Oceanside locations.  Officer Boone has been the first responder in the last two saves.

The AED program expanded in 2006 through the efforts of the Oceanside Pacific Kiwanis Club, headed by Rudy Van Hunnick.

—Information taken from a city of Oceanside news release.

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