At 2:30 p.m. last Sunday, an elderly man was sitting on a bench in Andrew J. Parise Cedarhurst Park outside of the area where Five Towns Community Chest was holding its 30th annual fair.
According to Isaac Schulman, director of Hewlett-based Dr. Bo’s Diet Center, the man, collapsed onto his wife’s lap. “I alerted Dr. Bo [Rosenblat], who ran over to the gentleman and discovered that the was not breathing and had no pulse,” Schulman said. “Dr. Bo cleared the individual’s airway and began to resuscitate him.”
Schulman said he called 911 and within minutes the Lawrence-Cedarhurst Fire Department, Hatzalah emergency medical service and the police had responded. “He survived the incident thanks to the quick reaction of Dr. Bo Rosenblat and the first responders from Hatzalah and the fire department,” Schulman said.
The man in his 70s, according to LCFD Chief John McHugh, “was alert and conscious, and refused any further medical attention.”