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Mouth to Snout Revival
Dog Saved By Mouth-To-Snout Revival
Lucy Jumped Into Partially Frozen Lake
POSTED: 4:36 pm CST March 10, 2007
OMAHA, Neb. -- A retired Air Force pilot saved the life of one of his "best buddies" by using mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
It didn't matter that Lucy is a 10-month-old English bulldog.
As Randy Gurchin put it, "Once you get a pet, it's truly part of your family."
Lucy had jumped into a partly frozen lake in Nebraska in pursuit of ducks and geese, but the water was too cold. So, Gurchin pulled her out. But she was unresponsive and her face and paws were blue. So, he closed her mouth, put his mouth over her nose, breathed air into her lungs and pushed on her chest. She soon began taking shallow breaths.
Gurchin drove to a veterinarian, where the dog was immersed in warm water, given injections and placed in an oxygen tent.
By Friday, a week after her ordeal, Lucy was back to normal, said Gurchin, a pilot who retired from the Air Force two years ago.
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