Thai baby elephant struck by motorbike survives after getting CPR
23 December, 2020
Thailand's Mana Srivate possesses performed a large number of resuscitation attempts in his 26 years as a rescue worker, but never before on an elephant.
Mana was called into action even while off duty on a road trip late on Sunday, successfully reviving a good baby elephant struck by a good motorcycle while crossing a good road with several wild pachyderms found in the eastern province of Chanthaburi.
In a video that went viral on social media in Thailand on Monday (Dec 21), Mana sometimes appears giving two-handed compressions to a tiny elephant lying on its side as colleagues a few metres away treat a dazed and injured motorbike rider on to the floor.
Both rider and elephant were recovering and neither had serious injuries.
"It's my instinct to save lots of lives, but I was worried the complete time because I can notice the mother and other elephants phoning for the infant," Mana told Reuters by phone.
"I assumed where an elephant heart will be located predicated on human theory and a video clip I saw online," he said.
"When the infant elephant needs to move, I almost cried."
The elephant stood up after about ten minutes and was taken to another location for treatment, before being returned to the scene of the accident in the hope of being reunited using its mother.
The elephants soon came back when the mother heard her baby calling out, Mana said.
Despite having dealt with a large number of road traffic accidents involving humans, Mana said the elephant was the only victim he previously were able to revive while performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).
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