By Keith Loria
Correspondent
Posted Nov 03, 2011 @ 04:03 PM
Millsboro - This past April, 9-year-old Sierra Hall of Millsboro collapsed on the lacrosse field and was saved thanks to the quick thinking of a bystander who delivered CPR.
The girl's mother, Melanie Hall, cried for help after Sierra was found to have no pulse, and the CPR kept the girl stabilized until paramedics arrived.
"I have no doubt that (the bystander) saved my daughter's life," Hall said in a statement. "The CPR kept Sierra breathing and kept her alive until the ambulance got there. We were very fortunate there was somebody nearby who knew how to perform CPR."
After the cardiac incident that day, the girl was airlifted to Bayhealth-Kent General Hospital, where she stabilized before being transported to A.I. Dupont Children's Hospital for treatment.
The Bayhealth Education Department offers adult CPR, child CPR, and first aid. To sign up for this class, call 302-744-7135 or 877-453-7107.
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