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By Reuters 
15h ago
Bangkok – Mana Srivate of Thailand has made dozens of resuscitation attempts in her 26 years as a rescuer, but never before on an elephant.
Mana was called into action while off duty on a road trip Sunday night, successfully reviving a baby elephant run over 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 while her colleagues a few meters away treat a stunned and injured motorcyclist on the ground. .
Both the rider and the elephant were recovering and neither had serious injuries.
“It is my instinct to save lives, but I was worried the whole time because I can hear the mother and other elephants calling the baby,” Mana told Reuters by phone.
“I assumed where an elephant heart would be located based on human theory and a video clip that I saw online,” he said.
“When the baby elephant started moving, I almost cried.”
The elephant stood up after about 10 minutes and was taken to another location for treatment, before being returned to the crash site in hopes of being reunited with its mother.
The elephants returned soon when the mother heard her baby screaming, Mana said.
Despite having dealt with dozens of traffic accidents involving humans, Mana said the elephant was the only victim who managed to revive while performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).
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