Couple Shares First Kiss From CPR

When most people think about their first kiss with their significant other, it’s a sweet moment. But sometimes, that moment doesn’t go exactly as planned. Max Montgomery and Andi Traynor know about this from first hand experience. Max is a paddleboard instructor and Andi had recently started taking lessons from him. It was only on their fourth paddleboard outing that Max went into cardiac arrest. Thankfully, Andi is a doctor and knew how to administer CPR.

"I ran 10.4 miles the night before. I had no idea I was gonna have a heart attack." In fact, Max didn’t have a heartbeat for 17 minutes and CPR was what kept his brain function intact. EMTs soon arrived and defibrillated his heart, but he owes his life to Andi.

The whole terrifying incident was caught on a camera by a photographer who was at the water recording bird migratory behavior. Even though many people might not think that mouth-to-mouth resuscitation would make a great first kiss, both Max and Andi agree that it was a magical moment.

Now, these two are a couple and it’s a story that they are continuing to share. They hope that others will see the importance of CPR and life-saving techniques and take the initiative to learn them themselves. This definitely isn’t your typical love story, but it’s one that you won’t soon forget.

I think it’s so amazing how Max and Andi were able to take this scary moment in their lives and turn it into something impactful.