East Side Fire District Deputy Chief Charlotte Pegoraro is pictured May 24 with cardiac arrest survivor Chris Lane, who visited the station with his family to present the volunteer fire district with a Life Saving Award for responding to his medical emergency March 16.
June 24, 2025
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Sister, East Side Fire rescue man during cardiac arrest
Sister, East Side Fire rescue man during cardiac arrest
A man who makes headstones for a living is sure glad his hasn't been carved out yet. Chris Lane, 46, experienced a medical emergency March 16 while visiting family on the east side of Lake Coeur d'Alene. He began struggling to breathe during an asthmatic episode that turned into a cardiac arrest. "He didn't actually go into cardiac arrest until one to two minutes after we arrived, which was really helpful for his situation," East Side Fire District Deputy Chief Charlotte Pegoraro said Monday. "We had a unit on scene within two minutes of that initial transition from respiratory failure to cardiac arrest."