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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 late Sunday, and successfully revived 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 (December 21), Mana is seen giving two-handed compressions to a small elephant lying on its side while her colleagues a few feet away treat a motorcyclist. stunned and injured on the floor. .
Both the rider and the elephant were recovering and neither had serious injuries.
A rescue worker performs CPR on a baby elephant after a motorcycle accident in Chanthaburi province, Thailand, on December 20, 2020 (Photo: KUNCHAYLEK / Handout via REUTERS).
“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.
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“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.
A baby elephant is seen after receiving CPR from a rescuer after a motorcycle accident in Chanthaburi province, Thailand on December 20, 2020 (Photo: KUNCHAYLEK / Handout via REUTERS).
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 undergoing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).
