The Heart of Chaos

The Heart of Chaos – Interview with Don and Hutch About the Episode: Calming the Chaos welcomes Don MacKee and Ian Hutchinson (“Don and Hutch”), who are best mates who live in Australia. They share their story of how they were both thrown into a “do or die” situation a couple of years ago, which caused them both some chaos. While they were on a bike ride, Hutch went into sudden cardiac arrest, and died for 18 minutes. Fortunately, Don and some bystanders were able to perform CPR and mouth to mouth resuscitation for 10 minutes until the medics came, and Hutch was one of the 9% of people who survive cardiac arrest in Australia. Don and Hutch are now the founders of “CPRfriendly.org” which aims to save lives by helping anyone get CPR friendly in just minutes, in a light and fun way. On this podcast, Don and Hutch share their story of chaos, and some of their “lessons learnt after being dead.” Join us for a fun interview on a very serious topic of chaos! 1. Introduction to Don and Hutch a. Friends for 25 years b. On a bike ride one Tuesday, and Hutch had Cardiac Arrest i. “Donny jumped in like a Superman” ii. A Green corridor wasn’t given iii. Clinically dead for 18 minutes iv. Now a new cable into Hutch’s heart 2. The 911 call a. Is he conscious? b. Is he breathing? c. Is there a defibrillator? d. “I’ll help you do CPR” e. The 000 (or 911) operator was so helpful! f. Don did the mouth to mouth…garlic bread breath? i. TIP: Always have Breath Mints available! 3. What happened a. Hutch went into a coma b. He was in a 20-second loop “Like a Goldfish” – The Goldfish loop c. Don was in chaos from the moment Hutch had cardiac arrest, and until he knew that Hutch would be okay. What a great friend! d. Hutch survived, and the two of them created CPR-Friendly, to help people learn CPR in minutes…for FREE! e. “Any attempt is better than none at all” 4. Questions for Don and Hutch a. Hutch: What was it like to die? “I didn’t remember a thing,” “I wanted