Off-duty Edmond nurse saves man, infant in the same day
A registered nurse from Edmond was off the clock when she found herself trying to revive a man whose heart had stopped at a YMCA, and that was just the start
Off-duty Edmond nurse saves man, infant in the same day
A registered nurse from Edmond was off the clock when she found herself trying to revive a man whose heart had stopped at a YMCA, and that was just the start
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Updated: 10:07 PM CDT Apr 3, 2025
SUPERHERO. YEAH, GUYS, SHE REALLY IS. AND ONE OF MY FAVORITE SAYINGS OF ALL TIME IS NOT ALL HEROES WEAR CAPES. JENNIFER IS DEFINITELY IN THAT CATEGORY. SHE’S A WIFE. SHE’S A MOM. SHE WAS NOT PLANNING ON BEING A LIFELINE FOR TWO PEOPLE. ON WEDNESDAY. HE WAS CLEARLY NOT BREATHING, NOT DOING WELL. SO I WENT OVER THERE AND ASKED IF I COULD HELP, AND I ASSESSED HIM IN THE MOVIES, SUPERHEROES MIGHT SAVE MORE THAN ONE PERSON IN A DAY. BUT WHAT IF I TOLD YOU IT HAPPENED IN REAL LIFE? THE AED RECOMMENDED. A SHOCK, SO WE DELIVERED A SHOCK. ANOTHER ROUND OF COMPRESSIONS. JENNIFER GENTRY IS A NURSE AT INTEGRIS BAPTIST. SHE’S IN THE BUSINESS OF SAVING LIVES. BUT ON WEDNESDAY, SHE WAS OFF THE CLOCK AT MITCH PARK YMCA IN EDMOND. AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THERE WAS A MIDDLE AGED MAN, MOTIONLESS. BUT AFTER A FEW ROUNDS OF CPR AND AN AED FOR THE FIRST COUPLE ROUNDS AND AFTER THE DEFIBRILLATION, HE DIDN’T HAVE A HEARTBEAT. AND THEN AFTER THE THIRD ROUND OF COMPRESSIONS, HE CAME TO STAFF AT THE YMCA, CONFIRMED THE MAN WAS REVIVED AND THAT WOULD BE A WIN IN ANY SUPERHEROES BOOK. BUT JENNIFER LEARNED WITH GREAT POWER. THERE’S GREAT RESPONSIBILITY. FAST FORWARD ABOUT THREE HOURS TO A LUNCHTIME STOP AT PANERA BREAD AT 15TH AND BRYANT. THIS TIME IT WAS A SIX WEEK OLD BABY AND HE WAS NOT MOVING, NOT CRYING. HE WAS BLUE. HIS POOR MOM WAS FREAKING OUT. OBVIOUSLY, THE BABY REQUIRED SOME LIKE BACK SLAPS, SO I GAVE IT SOME BACK SLAPS AND IT STARTED HAVING. THERE WAS LIKE SOME STUFF BLOCKING THE BABY’S AIRWAY. BUT AFTER A FEW ROUNDS OF COMPRESSIONS, THE CRISIS TURNED CALM. JENNIFER SAYS SHE’S TALKED TO THE BABY’S MOM SINCE THEN. SHE REACHED OUT TO ME AND SHE IS DOING GOOD AND THE BABY’S DOING GOOD. SO YEAH. SO AFTER THAT, I WENT STRAIGHT HOME. TWO LIVES SAVED BY THE SAME WOMAN WHO JUST HAPPENED TO BE AT THE RIGHT PLACES, AT THE RIGHT TIMES. I’VE NEVER HAD A SITUATION LIKE THIS OUTSIDE THE HOSPITAL, EXCEPT FOR YESTERDAY. TWICE IN ONE DAY. NOW, JENNIFER TELLS US BOTH THE MAN THAT WAS HAVING A HARD TIME HERE AT THE YMCA AND THE INFANT AT THE PANERA ARE BOTH DOING WELL. TONIGHT, STAFF AT BOTH PLACES CONFIRMED BOT
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Off-duty Edmond nurse saves man, infant in the same day
A registered nurse from Edmond was off the clock when she found herself trying to revive a man whose heart had stopped at a YMCA, and that was just the start
A registered nurse from Edmond was off the clock when she found herself trying to revive a man whose heart had stopped at a YMCA, and that was just the start.>> Download the KOCO 5 app | Subscribe to KOCO 5’s YouTube channelIf that wasn’t enough, Jennifer Gentry found herself in a similar situation the same day, this time bringing an infant back to life after meeting up with a friend for lunch.Some might call her a superhero, but she’s also a wife and mom and said she hadn’t really planned on being a lifeline for two people on Wednesday.“He was clearly not breathing and not doing well. So, I went over there and asked if I could help, and I assessed him,” Gentry said.In the movies, superheroes might save more than one person in a day, but for Gentry, it happened in real life.“The AED recommended a shock, so we delivered a shock and another round of compressions,” Gentry said.A nurse at Integris Baptist Hospital, she’s in the business of saving lives, but while off the clock on Wednesday at the Mitch Park YMCA, all of a sudden, there was a middle-aged man motionless. But after a few rounds of CPR and a jolt from an AED, the man came to.“For the first couple rounds and after the defibrillation, he didn’t have a heartbeat, and after the third round of compressions, he came to,” Gentry said.Staff at the YMCA confirmed to KOCO 5 that the man was revived, and that would be a win in any superhero’s book, but Gentry learned that with great power, there’s great responsibility. Fast-forward about three hours later to her lunchtime stop at Panera Bread, and this time, it was a 6-week-old baby.“And he was not moving, not crying, he was blue. His poor mom was freaking out, obviously,” Gentry said. “The baby required some back slaps, so I gave it some back slaps, and … there was some stuff blocking the baby’s airway.”But after a few rounds of compressions, the crisis turned calm. Gentry said she’s since talked to the baby’s mother.“She reached out to me, and she’s doing good, and the baby is doing good ... so yeah. After that, I went straight home,” Gentry said.Get the latest news stories of interest by clicking here.Two lives saved by the same woman, who just happened to be at the right places at the right times.“I’ve never had a situation like this outside the hospital, except for yesterday … twice in one day,” Gentry said.She told KOCO 5 that, to her knowledge, the man at the YMCA and the young infant are doing well. Staff at both businesses confirmed the instances.Top HeadlinesInvestigation ongoing after deadly shooting outside northwest Oklahoma City apartment complex‘Jacket Jackpot:’ Pennsylvania woman loses $2.5 million lottery ticket left in donated jacketWATCH: Sky 5 shows McLoud fire truck that rolled over on I-40 near NewallaEl Reno police find missing 1-year-old child reportedly abducted by non-custodial parent
EDMOND, Okla. —
A registered nurse from Edmond was off the clock when she found herself trying to revive a man whose heart had stopped at a YMCA, and that was just the start.
If that wasn’t enough, Jennifer Gentry found herself in a similar situation the same day, this time bringing an infant back to life after meeting up with a friend for lunch.
Some might call her a superhero, but she’s also a wife and mom and said she hadn’t really planned on being a lifeline for two people on Wednesday.
“He was clearly not breathing and not doing well. So, I went over there and asked if I could help, and I assessed him,” Gentry said.
In the movies, superheroes might save more than one person in a day, but for Gentry, it happened in real life.
“The AED recommended a shock, so we delivered a shock and another round of compressions,” Gentry said.
A nurse at Integris Baptist Hospital, she’s in the business of saving lives, but while off the clock on Wednesday at the Mitch Park YMCA, all of a sudden, there was a middle-aged man motionless. But after a few rounds of CPR and a jolt from an AED, the man came to.
“For the first couple rounds and after the defibrillation, he didn’t have a heartbeat, and after the third round of compressions, he came to,” Gentry said.
Staff at the YMCA confirmed to KOCO 5 that the man was revived, and that would be a win in any superhero’s book, but Gentry learned that with great power, there’s great responsibility. Fast-forward about three hours later to her lunchtime stop at Panera Bread, and this time, it was a 6-week-old baby.
“And he was not moving, not crying, he was blue. His poor mom was freaking out, obviously,” Gentry said. “The baby required some back slaps, so I gave it some back slaps, and … there was some stuff blocking the baby’s airway.”
But after a few rounds of compressions, the crisis turned calm. Gentry said she’s since talked to the baby’s mother.
“She reached out to me, and she’s doing good, and the baby is doing good ... so yeah. After that, I went straight home,” Gentry said.
