Teen Saves Mom After Watching “Grey’s Anatomy”
Watching television isn’t always a bad thing! A teenager in Maine saved his mom’s life after a life-threatening injury with a skill he picked up watching “Grey’s Anatomy.”
According to CNN, Kristen Iarrobino was leaving her home one morning last week when she slipped and fell on the ice. She was carrying coffee when she fell, and when the cup broke a piece of the cup sliced her wrist badly.
She knew immediately that the wound was severe and called for her 16 year-old son, Cyrus. “When I looked down at my hand, I immediately told him to call 911,” Kristen recalls.
Cyrus quickly jumped in to help his mom, calling 911 and holding a sweatshirt against her wound to slow the bleeding. Knowing it was going to take some time for an ambulance to arrive, the 911 dispatcher told Cyrus to form a makeshift tourniquet. Cyrus first tried to use some string, but it broke. The teen then had the idea to use his shoelaces. He made a tourniquet for his mom from the shoelaces, something he saw doctors do on the show “Grey’s Anatomy.”
The ambulance arrived a short while later and rushed Kristen to the hospital. She says the tourniquet was on her arm for a total of 40 minutes between their homemade one and the one put on her in the ambulance. She underwent two surgeries, totalling seven hours to repair the extensive damage to her wrist. She’s now recovering and grateful to be alive. She’s grateful for the ambulance and hospital staff, but especially thankful for her quick-thinking son’s help.
Thank goodness this young man didn’t panic and jumped into action. He probably saved his mother’s life! Way to go Cyrus!
This teen rescued his mom by creating a makeshift tourniquet with a shoelace and some inspiration from Grey's Anatomy https://t.co/pjhvkgh2u6
— CNN (@CNN) December 18, 2021
