WYLLERLØYPA (Dagbladet): – That was exactly where it happened. I remember feeling dizzy and leaning against the poles before it turned black for me.
Kristian Jordell (60) points to a snow spot just in front where you pull the ski pass to get in the ski lift.
It was here that his heart stopped beating a little over two years ago.
What happened in the next few minutes saved Kristian’s life.
Two of the people who saw Kristian fall over, worked in the health service. They called 113 and started with life-saving first aid. In the middle of the rescue, Kristian woke up.
Thought it was a fight
– I remember it so well. When I woke up I was lying on my back with two people above me. I started beating myself up when I thought we had just fought.
The two people brought several to the place and made someone keep Kristian calm for the first few seconds back in consciousness.
He quickly felt that something was wrong, and went in and out of consciousness until the ambulance arrived at the ski resort, which is located in Sørkedalen in Oslo.
Then the duo quickly withdrew, and the ambulance personnel had to transport him into the ambulance.
In the aftermath of the incident, Kristian has received confirmation that it was thanks to the two anonymous heroes that he survived and received no lasting damage.
Now he wants to track them down.
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Birk Ager-Wick works as operations manager at Wyllerløypa.
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He remembers well the day Kristian fell over.
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He has several good tips that can help Kristian in the hunt for his “saving angels.”
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Doctor and nurse
Birk Ager-Wick (27) works as operations manager at Wyllerløypa, and was present the day Kristian had a cardiac arrest. He is also at work today.
Birk comes driving down from the top of the hill to meet Kristian, and the latter says he gets tears in his eyes from seeing him again.
The sight of Birk takes Kristian straight back to that special day.
– I remember it very well. It was the first time something like this happened while I was on duty, says Birk to Dagbladet.
– I threw myself on the snowmobile with a volunteer doctor, which we usually have here in high season. When we came down we met the two who gave life-saving help.
REVIEW: Kristian Jordell had a cardiac arrest in Wyllerløypa. Here he meets Birk Ager-Wick who tried to keep calm and order during the emergency. Photo: Lars Eivind Bones / Dagbladet
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Following the incident, Birk has been told that those who kept Kristian alive were working in the health service. There should be talk of a doctor and a nurse.
– I think it was a man and a woman, but I can not say it one hundred percent for sure, says Birk.
Kristian tells Dagbladet that he wants to give the two who saved him a big hug if he ever gets to see them again.
Suddenly the message of cancer came
After the cardiac arrest in 2020, Kristian remained in the hospital for a few weeks, but recovered surprisingly quickly again.
He had to undergo a bypass operation as well as operate on an ICD for safety, in case of a new heart failure. An ICD is an electronic device that produces electrical impulses to the heart muscle.
If Kristian’s heart starts beating too slowly, the device will send electrical impulses to the heart to increase his heart rate again.
Stanley’s (8) heartbreaking situation: – Losing him
– It makes me feel much safer.
What happened a couple of weeks later came like lightning from clear skies for Kristian.
During a doctor’s visit, he was told that he had cancer of his mouth and jaw.
GOT CANCER: Kristian Jordell got cancer shortly after the cardiac arrest. Photo: Lars Eivind Bones / dagbladet
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It was not a malignant tumor, but he still had to remove large parts of his jaw and lower part of his mouth.
– That’s why I look like this. They transplanted skin from my thigh up to my chin, Kristian explains.
SURVIVED: In a short time, Kristian Jordell survived both cardiac arrest and cancer. Photo: Lars Eivind Bones / Dagbladet
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– No emotions in large parts of the body
– Due to all my operations, I have almost no feeling in the lower part of the face, in addition to large parts of the left side of the chest, says Kristian.
Mobility has disappeared in many places, but it is not something he thinks too much about. He’s mostly just happy to be alive.
Now he hopes the two who made sure he did not die, or suffered any kind of permanent injury, see this article.
– I just want to show my gratitude. They saved me. I want to say thank you.
Do you know anyone who may have saved Kristian? Contact the undersigned by clicking on the journalist’s name at the top of the article.
Mortality from cardiac arrest outside hospitals is unfortunately high. Significant focus and research on systematic treatment of cardiac arrest has nevertheless improved the prognosis considerably, especially for those who survive until they arrive at the hospital, reports Health Norway on their websites.
Kristian was one of the few who survived the hospital. But even if he did, there was still a 50 percent chance that he would not survive, or get a serious brain injury from cardiac arrest.
