A Corpus Christi husband and a 911 dispatcher have been honored with the American Heart Association’s Heartsaver Hero award for saving the lives of a pregnant woman and her newborn after a cardiac arrest earlier this year.
Ernest Flores and Corpus Christi Police dispatcher Linda Campbell received the awards during a Corpus Christi Hooks baseball game June 4 as part of CPR and AED Awareness Week, June 1–7.
On Feb. 16, Mikayla Flores, who was 34 weeks pregnant, suffered a cardiac arrest at home. Ernest called 911, where Campbell provided step-by-step instructions to perform CPR. Ernest performed CPR for approximately 5 minutes until emergency medical personnel arrived…