Cardinals Reporter Derrick Goold Performed CPR on Mike Flanary in Cubs' Dugout

Derrick Goold, a reporter for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, performed CPR on videographer Mike Flanary in the Chicago Cubs dugout Sunday, helping to save his life, according to Rick Hummel of the same paper.

Per that report, the 64-year-old Flanary "collapsed in the Cubs dugout before the game and was briefly without a pulse" before Goold administered CPR. 

Medical officials said Flanary suffered both a heart attack and a stroke. And Washington University's Dr. David Tan, who was serving as the Busch Stadium doctor Sunday, credited Goold for helping to save Flanary's life:

"So many people are afraid of doing CPR. But because of [Goold's] actions, he was the first link in that chain of survival. It's fabulous. It was the early CPR by Derrick Goold that probably saved his life. Derrick wasn't afraid. He didn't hesitate. And he did it. In the medical field, when you save somebody like this, they call it a clinical save. This is a clinical save that was started by Derrick Goold. Period.

Goold, a "longtime lifeguard and former Eagle Scout trained in CPR," is the lead St. Louis Cardinals beat writer for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. After helping to save Flanary's life, he covered the team's 9-0 win over the Chicago Cubs that clinched the NL Central title.