Woman Who Suffered Cardiac Arrest on Airplane Reunited with Doctor Who Restarted Her Heart Mid-Flight
A woman who went into cardiac arrest mid-flight is “thankful” for the doctor who helped save her. Brittany Mateiro, 28, toldTodaythat she “wouldn’t be here” without Dr. Kashif Chaudhry, who performed CPR on her after she experienced amedical emergencywhileflyingfrom New Jersey to Arizona for a bachelorette party earlier this month. Mateiro reunited with Chaudhry, a cardiac electrophysiologist at UPMC in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, for the first time after the incident on Wednesday’s episode ofToday....