WILDWOOD – Workers at Wildwood Ocean Towers are being credited with helping to save the life of a resident after he collapsed with no pulse.
According to Carl Schmoyer, an Ocean Towers resident who brought this to the attention of the Board of Commissioners, on Thursday, Aug. 28, at around 7:55 a.m., a woman came out on the balcony of the south tower in somewhat of a panic.
“She was yelling that her husband collapsed,” Schmoyer said.
He said two members of the maintenance crew, Alex Glinecke and Joseph Proventud, were getting the pool ready, they heard the woman, and they ran up to the second floor unit, where they found the man unconscious, not breathing and with no pulse.
Schmoyer said the men started CPR while security supervisor Ken Bulwin called 911. He said they were taking turns administering CPR when Bulwin, showed up and also assessed the man’s condition, which included having no pulse.
Bulwin, a retired police officer from Paterson, went downstairs and met with a Wildwood Police Department officer and with EMS, which arrived eight or nine minutes after the call.
“The response time incredible,” Schmoyer said.
Bulwin had equal praise for Glenecke and Proventud. Given his own experience as a police officer, he knew the victim was in cardiac arrest and that the situation was very dire. He said that, as far as he knows, Glenecke and Proventud were both trained in CPR. The two continued the CPR, and the building manager came alongside the wife as the maintenance men tried to save her husband’s life.
“These guys are heroes,” Bulwin said.
Once the first responders were on the scene the maintenance workers stepped aside, allowing the professionals to do their job. Schmoyer said paramedics arrived and the patient was put on the ambulance and transported to Cooper University Hospital-Cape Regional, where he was treated and then released.
“He’s making a full recovery,” he said.
Schmoyer contacted the Board of Commissioners and filled them in on the details. He said he would like to commend the men for their taking immediate action to save the man’s life. He asked the commissioners to attend the annual owners meeting on Sunday, Sept. 7, and present the men with a proclamation.
Contact the reporter, Christopher South, at csouth@cmcherald.com or call 609-886-8600, ext. 128.
