Thai baby elephant hit by motorcycle survives after receiving CPR

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Thai baby elephant hit by motorcycle survives after receiving CPR

 

A rescue worker performs CPR on a baby elephant after a motorcycle crash in Chanthaburi province, Thailand, December 20, 2020. Picture taken December 20, 2020. KUNCHAYLEK/Handout via REUTERS

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's Mana Srivate has performed dozens of resuscitation attempts in his 26 years as a rescue worker, but never before on an elephant.

 

Mana was called into action while off duty on a road trip late on Sunday, successfully reviving a baby elephant struck by a motorcycle while crossing a road with a group of wild pachyderms in the eastern province of Chanthaburi.

 

In a video that went viral on social media in Thailand on Monday, Mana is seen giving two-handed compressions to a small elephant lying on its side as colleagues a few metres away treat a dazed and injured motorcycle rider on the floor.

 

Both the rider and elephant were recovering and neither had serious injuries.

 

"It's my instinct to save lives, but I was worried the whole time because I can hear the mother and other elephants calling for the baby," Mana told Reuters by phone.

 

"I assumed where an elephant heart would be located based on human theory and a video clip I saw online," he said.

 

"When the baby elephant starting to move, I almost cried."

 

The elephant stood up after about 10 minutes and was taken to another location for treatment, before being returned to the scene of the accident in the hope of being reunited with its mother.

 

The elephants soon returned when the mother heard her baby calling out, Mana said.

 

Despite having dealt with dozens of road traffic accidents involving humans, Mana said the elephant was the only victim he had managed to revive while performing Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2020-12-21

 

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[lovethai123]

good luck brother chang, u have a long life to live. ????

[Andrew Dwyer]

Well done Mana, 
 

Saw this on the news , a lovely feelgood story .

[LennyW]

Respect!

[vandeventer]

Mana was a Hero today  never give up! I am just glad the mother elephant wasn't around.

[hotchilli]

Top man... 

[WinnieTheKhwai]

Humans rule.   

Not said nearly enough. ❤️ 

[Skeptic7]

GREAT outcome to a potentially tragic story for the poor little creature, but wonder how this idiot managed to hit an elephant in a GROUP of them?!? What caution and precautions were taken? Assuming zero. He was probably speeding recklessly with phone in 1 hand and cig in the other. Hard to imagine a HERD of pachyderms just appeared from nowhere! 

[RobU]

Here is the BBC News Video

 

Thailand: Baby elephant in road accident saved by CPR - BBC News

 

 

[RobU]

3 hours ago, Skeptic7 said:

GREAT outcome to a potentially tragic story for the poor little creature, but wonder how this idiot managed to hit an elephant in a GROUP of them?!? What caution and precautions were taken? Assuming zero. He was probably speeding recklessly with phone in 1 hand and cig in the other. Hard to imagine a HERD of pachyderms just appeared from nowhere! 

A wild animal runs on to the road from a dark unlit area directly in front of the motorcyclist and the motorcyclist is  reckless for hitting it???? It is obvious that the herd wasn't there otherwise they would have been stood around trying to revive the infant themselves. It probably ran away from the herd in exuberance like many small human children often run away from their parents. It says in the article that the herd was calling for the infant to return but wasn't visible.

[Enki]

Because the infant was on the road? As we have no eye witnesses, no one know what happened.