{"id":50142,"date":"2020-06-08T22:44:10","date_gmt":"2020-06-08T22:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/06\/08\/marine-recognized-for-performing-cpr-saving-life-of-unresponsive-man-at-walmart-gas-station\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T20:47:40","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T20:47:40","slug":"marine-recognized-for-performing-cpr-saving-life-of-unresponsive-man-at-walmart-gas-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/news\/your-military\/2020\/06\/08\/marine-recognized-for-performing-cpr-saving-life-of-unresponsive-man-at-walmart-gas-station\/","title":{"rendered":"Marine recognized for performing CPR, saving life of unresponsive man at Walmart gas station"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

When Marine Corps Cpl. Matthew Ubl saw an unresponsive man at a Walmart gas station last December, he knew just what to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ubl, a light armored vehicle repair technician with Alpha Company, 2d Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion, 2d Marine Division, didn\u2019t waste time to secure the area and start performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on the man.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cMy first thought was to make sure no one else was hurt and then I stepped in and started doing CPR and chest compressions to try to get a pulse back,\u201d Ubl said in a Marine Corps news release. \u201cI just wanted to keep him breathing until the ambulance got there.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Despite no experience in first aid beyond what\u2019s taught at Marine Corps basic training, Ubl performed CPR on the man for 15 minutes and continued to aid first responders when they arrived at the scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI was tired and my shoulders were giving out, but the adrenaline just kicked in and I gave my best and helped out however I could,\u201d Ubl said. \u201cI was just being a good person. This is what we train for, this is what we do, and helping another person is the best thing we can do.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t