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to your health case, his bottom pump stopped pumping blood and fibrillated, or just quivered. Dr. Havko said without people around him performing good CPR, Dr. Streiff would have been dead. Pierre Bellicini, media relations and marketing director for Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, had a lifesaving role. “I had had no idea how long he had been “I don’t remember most of the things from the night before the ride until several days after, when I was completely warmed up and moving around and out of an intensive care unit,” Dr. Streiff says. “But from what I’ve been told, it was like 50 First Dates and I kept looking down at my fractured finger and asking what happened. They would tell always had. He continues an active lifestyle with his family, including his two daughters (ages 21 and 18) and his 16-year old son. The Steelers and Penguin fan watches his kids play sports, and he enjoys hunting and snowmobiling. “I’ve always thought that balance was important — that you work hard when you’re “ ...you work hard when you’re working and take time to relax and play because no one knows when your time will be up.” — Dr. John Streiff on the ground or how long he had not been breathing,” he says. “I wasn’t concerned whether or not the chest compressions would do any good, but there was no reason to stop. I didn’t know what was going to happen, but I couldn’t stop. You don’t stop. You have to keep trying until medical personnel come along,” says Bellicini. It took more than 15 minutes for an ambulance to arrive. By the time the ambulance pulled into Saint Vincent, Dr. Streiff had regained a pulse. But he was still in danger. In order to prevent any possible brain damage from the arrest, which is extremely common, doctors put Streiff into hypothermia protocol, or a deep freeze. This procedure uses a special cooling blanket and cold intravenous fluids to decrease the brain temperature to 32- 34° C as quickly as possible. Streiff was in this state for 24-48 hours. February2013 me, and then I would do it again every 10 minutes. For family and friends who had never been through this, it was really hard because they thought they lost me.” After several days, however, Dr. Streiff stopped asking and started remembering. Several tests, an implantable cardioverter defibrillator and six weeks later, Dr. Streiff started rehab and riding a bike. Soon, he was back to working part time. “I couldn’t wait to get out and do things again,” Dr. Streiff says. “It was hard for me to lay low for so long because I didn’t have any heart damage. I didn’t have any major surgery. I just had to have a planted device in case that happens again.” The implantable cardioverter defibrillator is an electronic device that constantly monitors the heart rhythm and delivers a shock of energy if it detects an irregular beat. Dr. Streiff says he lives his life the way he working and take time to relax and play because no one knows when your time will be up,” Streiff says. “You have to be ready for death no matter how young you are, so you have to have your mental health and spiritual health intact to go through something like this and think nothing of it.” A year after going into cardiac arrest at the first Gears tour, Dr. Streiff participated in the second Gears to Beers tour. “My wife was terrified,” he says. “The friends I ride with had to call her every 10 to 15 minutes. But I did it.” Correll says it was very rewarding. “It was exciting. We took our time and it was nice, really, really nice. This gave him a chance to end that ride the way he wanted to. ed to be done,” Correll says. As for this year, Dr. Streiff says he would like to complete the ride again. LEL www.lakeerielifestyle.com
Ellicottville four seasons of fun for the family By Marissa Rosenbaum Photos courtesy of Ellicottville Chamber of Commerce RANKED IN 2009 as a best adventure town by National Geographic, Ellicottville is an 1880s-esqe village that is home to 472 people annually. When winter arrives, however, the town welcomes 800,000 skiers — and no wonder. There is an array of winter activities — from the 58 slopes on 1,400 acres over four mountain faces at Holiday Valley (www.holidayvalley.com) to snow tubing down one of the 12 lanes and then getting pulled up by one of the two handle tows to trekking through the 20-plus miles of pristine double tracked classical trails. www.lakeerielifestyle.com We asked why people loved Ellicottville, and Julie Becker of Erie responded on Lake Erie LifeStyle’s Facebook page that it is “a mini-Vail.” Bill Taylor says “it’s a taste of New England.” The people who work there agree. “There’s a little bit of everything in this village,” says Heather Snyder, Ellicottville media edia and communications coordinator. “There’s everything from family restaurants to eclectic shops to ski shops to night life for adults.This has always been a second home to me.” The village offers two different ski resorts for the winter sports lover — Holiday Valley, Ski slopes in Ellicottville. below: Bicyclists find scenic trails in the Ellicottville region and a you young ng vis visito visitor ito itor r e eenjo enjoys njo njoys ys the zi zip p l lline line. ine ine.
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