Charlotte wife performed 8 minutes of CPR to save husband's life during cardiac arrest

A Charlotte man said going into cardiac arrest almost cost him his life.

WCNC Charlotte reports Chad Goddard didn’t have heart problems and considered himself extremely healthy until a bike ride changed his life.

“It was a hot July day, came back home, next thing I know I was in the hospital, and my wife and my doctors were telling me I had to get surgery, that I had cardiac arrest,” Goddard said.

Goddard said his wife Carissa Goddard’s training that she completed at her school saved his life.

“And my wife had done CPR for eight minutes and first responders, medic, had done AED and got my heart going again and so after that, I had surgery, obviously open-heart surgery,” Goddard said.

February is American Heart Month, and learning CPR can save lives. You can find a course online through the American Heart Association.