In God's Hands

This is not written easily. It is about something that happened last Sunday morning just as I was sitting down to breakfast in a hotel. It is a tribute to the man whom I met briefly but who will stay in my memory for ever.

Someone I didn't know I met suddenly to-day,
Oh God stay here with me, I silently pray,
But I must clear all things from my mind,
Must act with what I have, with what I find.
Oh God these skills you have entrusted to me,
Let me know what to do, help me Lord to see.
Guide my hands please to do only what is right,
Dear Lord stay with me, help me win this fight.

My whole world becomes the man on the floor,
There's no pulse or breath, help me to be sure.
Lord focus my eyes and help them to truly see,
Take control completely, I will remember ABC.
Airway, Breathing Circulation, I know what to do,
Come on God, give me strength I really need you
To be in my thinking, to be within my every act,
Help me to concentrate, to get the timing exact.

I have to shut out all thoughts, the sobs of his wife,
Who is willing me to bring her darling back to life,
Thirty heart compressions, two breaths and then
Try to clear his airway and start it all over again.
His pulse returns, I watch his chest rise and fall,
Only God knows if this is to be Tim's final call.
Whatever happens, I hope everyone understands
Tim is not in mine, Tim is safe in God's hands.


I carried out CPR on this gentleman for 35 minutes until the ambulance arrived and then I assisted them to intubate and cannulate him. We managed to get his heart going twice. Unfortunately Tim died in the ambulance of a massive heart attack.
He was 74. Rest In Peace Tim. God Bless.