He was in the right place at the right time.

C-P-R and defibrilator trainer Dave Hume was sitting on the bench a few feet away on September 3rd when his Saskatoon slo-pitch teammate suffered a major heart attack.

Hume performed C-P-R on John Wiebe while other players rushed two fields over to get the defibrilator. He worked on Wiebe until paramedics arrived just two and a half minutes later.

Hume says he had performed C-P-R thousands of times on mannequins during around 15 years of training sessions and John Wiebe was the first person he ever worked on.

John’s wife Marianne says medical staff told them the survival rate of heart attacks that severe is only about five percent and says Dave Hume’s quick action saved her 60-year-old husband’s life.

She says they are grateful to everyone who came to their aid at such a critical moment.

Wiebe says he remembers coming off the field and little else until waking up at Royal University Hospital and feels fine even though he has had heart issues since contracting lyme disease ten years ago.

The Wiebe’s and Dave Hume now have a life-long bond and are united in their encouragement of everyone getting C-P-R training.