Tauya Nenguke, who manages the restaurant at Eastlake Terraces in Chula Vista, went above and beyond last week when a man went into cardiac arrest in the restaurant's parking lot.
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The 22-year-old said he was working at the drive-thru at around 8:30 p.m. on Sept. 11 when he noticed someone unconscious next to a car in their parking lot.
The man was with a group of friends that were trying to perform CPR on him.
Nenguke, who wants to go to nursing school, had taken some pre-nursing classes, so he ran over to help.
"(The man) wasn't breathing or anything, his eyes were rolled back behind his head, I know this guy was out. I didn't know how long I just started chest compression immediately," he said.
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Nenguke performed CPR and then taught the man's friend how to do chest compressions so that the other could take over when the other person needed a break every few minutes. Together they took turns giving the man chest compressions until emergency crews arrived.
Nenguke said he later found out from a co-worker that paramedics said he helped save the man's life.
"There wasn't any hesitation on my part. I knew that was the place where God placed me at that time," he said. "This was honestly a really big calling to be in health care because it was like instinct took over."