BOUNTIFUL, Utah (KUTV) — A 17-year-old Bountiful boy has been released from the hospital after suffering a heart attack. A nurse who was driving by happened to be in the right place at the right time and saved him.

The boy’s father, James Arland, said his son Brayden Arland, who just turned 17, was playing Bountiful with friends the day after his birthday.

“He got out of the car, grabbed his chest and fell. He got up and fell again, but he hit his face on a brick wall and survived,” James Arland said.

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Shortly afterward, Tiffany Bears, chief nurse at McKay-Dee Hospital, went home. She noticed a group of boys and one of them was lying on the ground.

“We had the push we needed to pivot,” she said. “He was unresponsive, but he was breathing and had a pulse. Then he stopped breathing, so I laid him down and started compressions.”

Metro first responders arrived on the scene shortly thereafter.

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James Erland said his son was diagnosed with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy. According to the Mayo Clinic, this is “a disease in which the heart muscle thickens, also known as hypertrophy. When the heart muscle thickens, it can make it harder for the heart to pump blood.”

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“He’ll be back to get a pacemaker,” James Erland said. “He was used to playing sports and working on the farm. Until this incident, he had never had heart-related problems.”

There is a GoFundMe to help with medical expenses.

James Urland wanted this story to be a reminder of how important it is to be CPR certified.

“If you don’t know CPR, enroll in a course. You never know when you’re going to use it. And if you know you shouldn’t use CPR but you feel sick, If you feel tired or tired, be sure to get tested,” he said.

“Starting compression therapy as soon as possible can help anyone when we are in that position,” Bears said.

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These strangers are just grateful that Bears trusted her instincts that day.

“Listen to your gut,” she said. “We’re all human beings, and we’re all living hard, difficult lives right now, everywhere. If you can help someone, stop and do that.”