27yo Goodyear Woman Survives Cardiac Arrest

GOODYEAR -- There is a new way doctors, nurses and paramedics are treating cardiac arrests, which kill 97 percent of its victims.

It worked for valley mother Elizabeth Beltran. The 27-year-old mother of four is recovering from cardiac arrest.

Two Goodyear firefighters were the first to help when her heart stopped beating on Jan. 29. They started continuous chest compressions all the way to a west valley hospital.

When Beltran was rolled into the ER, she had no pulse and no heartbeat. Doctors and nurses took over continuing the compressions, but added a cooling blanket.

The cooling blanket made all the difference. It stopped brain damage from occurring. Beltran not only survived her cardiac arrest, but she suffered no brain damage.

Only 3 percent of victims actually survive a cardiac arrest.