After being saved from cardiac arrest death in Northbrook, Deerfield man promotes CPR training

After being saved from cardiac arrest death in Northbrook, Deerfield man promotes CPR training

Dozens of people gathered Feb. 21 at the Bernard Weinger JCC in Northbrook to hear how quick-thinking bystanders saved a local resident who went into cardiac arrest during his daily swim, and to learn the same life-saving skills. “I barely remember getting in the pool,” Michael Kreda, 61, of Deerfield, recalled in an interview with the Pioneer Press. “Next thing I know, I am waking up in the hospital.” On Aug. 4, two days before his 61st birthda…