By using this site, you agree to the Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.
Accept
Pew PatriotsPew PatriotsPew Patriots
Notification Show More
Font ResizerAa
  • Home
  • News
  • Tactical
  • Guns and Gear
  • Prepping & Survival
  • Videos
Reading: Defibrillator installed on Everest winds up saving climber’s life just weeks later
Share
Font ResizerAa
Pew PatriotsPew Patriots
  • News
  • Tactical
  • Guns and Gear
  • Prepping & Survival
  • Videos
Search
  • Home
  • News
  • Tactical
  • Guns and Gear
  • Prepping & Survival
  • Videos
Have an existing account? Sign In
Follow US
Defibrillator installed on Everest winds up saving climber’s life just weeks later
News

Defibrillator installed on Everest winds up saving climber’s life just weeks later

Jimmie Dempsey
Last updated: June 6, 2025 7:40 pm
Jimmie Dempsey Published June 6, 2025
Share
SHARE

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles!

A man who climbed Mount Everest to install a defibrillator there says the device wound up saving a woman’s life just three weeks afterward.

David Sullivan, 62, made the journey to the Himalayas to place the lifesaving device on the mountain.

He believes it is the world’s highest-positioned defibrillator, sitting more than 16,000 feet above sea level, according to news agency SWNS.

EXTREME TRAVEL DESTINATION TO RESTRICT POPULAR MOUNTAIN ACCESS

After losing four close friends — all under age 45 — to sudden cardiac arrest, Sullivan founded Code Blue CPR.

He began traveling the globe as an advocate to provide CPR training and install life-saving equipment in hard-to-reach places.

Earlier this year, Sullivan climbed to an altitude of 22,000 feet to test a defibrillator.

He then descended to a village near Everest Base Camp to install it for emergency use.

Sullivan returned home to Surrey on April 30, glad about what he’d accomplished — but with no idea how quickly his work would make an impact.

Just three weeks later, he got a phone call.

HOT TRAVEL TREND HAS PEOPLE ‘TOWNSIZING’ BY VISITING QUAINT AMERICAN TOWNS

“It was … Friday (May 23), at around 3:45 a.m.,” Sullivan told SWNS. “I have kids traveling the world, so I initially thought, ‘Oh my God, something’s happened.’”

He added, “But it was a Sherpa [a Tibetan mountain guide] who told me the defibrillator had been activated and saved a 30-year-old woman’s life,” Sullivan said. “It was the proudest moment of my life.”

“I hope it will help people realize how important it is to have access to defibrillators.”

The rescue confirmed why he’d taken on the physically and emotionally demanding journey.

While in the Himalayas, Sullivan didn’t just install the defibrillator – he also trained local Sherpas and villagers, many of whom had never received emergency medical instruction, according to SWNS.

“It is incredible that something so simple can save someone’s life – and I hope it will help people realize how important it is to have access to defibrillators,” Sullivan said.

David Sullivan in Nepal. Release date June 2 2025. A campaigner who climbed Mount Everest to install a defibrillator has revealed the device saved a woman's life - just two weeks later. David Sullivan founded Code Blue CPR, an organisation which aims to teach people life-saving CPR and install more defibrillators across England, after he lost four close friends - all under the age of 45 - to cardiac arrest. Mr Sullivan, 62, has spent the last several years travelling around the world trying to improve cardiac survival rates - and earlier this year ventured to the Himalayas, where he installed what he says is the world's highest defibrillator. The dad-of-four, from Oxted, Surrey, first climbed to an altitude of 22,000 feet to test the defibrillator - and then descended to one of the villages near Everest Base Camp, at just over 16,500 feet, to install the device for use. Just two weeks after he returned from his expedition, Mr Sullivan learnt that the defibrillator had saved a climber's life when her heart stopped. He said: "It was the proudest moment of my life when I learnt what had happened.

“Being within three minutes of a defibrillator increases your chance of survival from 8% to more than 50%,” he added.

For Sullivan, there’s another personal angle. 

“It was the proudest moment of my life.”

He once had to use his CPR training just months after learning it himself. “I performed nine minutes of CPR for a young man and used a defibrillator just three months after I had been shown how to,” he told SWNS.

“While I was doing this, around 30 people just watched and didn’t help – because they didn’t know how.”

When the young man’s mother called him the next day to say her son was alive, Sullivan said it changed his life.

“I knew then that everyone should know how to save a life,” Sullivan said. 

Now, Sullivan wants to dedicate himself to reshaping others’ lives.

David Sullivan in Nepal. Release date June 2 2025. A campaigner who climbed Mount Everest to install a defibrillator has revealed the device saved a woman's life - just two weeks later. David Sullivan founded Code Blue CPR, an organisation which aims to teach people life-saving CPR and install more defibrillators across England, after he lost four close friends - all under the age of 45 - to cardiac arrest. Mr Sullivan, 62, has spent the last several years travelling around the world trying to improve cardiac survival rates - and earlier this year ventured to the Himalayas, where he installed what he says is the world's highest defibrillator. The dad-of-four, from Oxted, Surrey, first climbed to an altitude of 22,000 feet to test the defibrillator - and then descended to one of the villages near Everest Base Camp, at just over 16,500 feet, to install the device for use. Just two weeks after he returned from his expedition, Mr Sullivan learnt that the defibrillator had saved a climber's life when her heart stopped. He said: "It was the proudest moment of my life when I learnt what had happened.

He is moving forward with a plan to train 1.2 million students in CPR through a school initiative.

“We want every school to have a new defibrillator and every person in the school – students, teachers, staff – to have all the training necessary to save someone’s life,” he told SWNS.

For more Lifestyle articles, visit foxnews.com/lifestyle

“We won’t stop until we achieve that,” he also said. 

Read the full article here

You Might Also Like

Lions’ Dan Campbell confident team’s Super Bowl window remains open after disastrous loss to Commanders

Altadena family of 4 stays brave in face of devastating wildfire loss: ‘Stuff that I love is gone’

Gabbard says Comey should be ‘put behind bars’ after picture allegedly ‘issuing a call to assassinate’ Trump

Virginia Gov. Youngkin calls for end to taxes on tips ahead of legislative session

Zuckerberg, other moguls say they’re backing off ESG and DEI but are they for real?

Share This Article
Facebook Twitter Email Print
Leave a Comment

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

We Recommend
Utah killer with dementia is competent enough for death sentence to be carried out, judge rules
News

Utah killer with dementia is competent enough for death sentence to be carried out, judge rules

Jimmie Dempsey Jimmie Dempsey June 7, 2025
King Charles ‘livid’ as royal family’s cherished Christmas tradition faces cancellation: expert
Stanley Cup Final: Florida Panthers even up series after thrilling 2OT win against Edmonton Oilers
Federal judge approves $2.8B settlement allowing schools to directly pay college athletes
TSA tells Americans their Costco cards won’t fly at airport security despite love for hot dogs
Novak Djokovic hints at retirement after French Open defeat to Jannik Sinner
ICE sweeps through LA businesses as local Democrats cry foul over Trump administration’s enforcement actions
News

ICE sweeps through LA businesses as local Democrats cry foul over Trump administration’s enforcement actions

Jimmie Dempsey Jimmie Dempsey June 7, 2025
Florida ex-sheriff arrested for allegedly running illegal gambling house that generated millions
News

Florida ex-sheriff arrested for allegedly running illegal gambling house that generated millions

Jimmie Dempsey Jimmie Dempsey June 7, 2025
On 81st anniversary of D-Day, one US Navy veteran’s son is the first American Pope
News

On 81st anniversary of D-Day, one US Navy veteran’s son is the first American Pope

Jimmie Dempsey Jimmie Dempsey June 7, 2025
Pew Patriots
  • News
  • Tactical
  • Prepping & Survival
  • Videos
  • Guns and Gear
2024 © Pew Patriots. All Rights Reserved.
Welcome Back!

Sign in to your account

Username or Email Address
Password

Lost your password?