(Atlantic, Iowa) –  Marne Fire Chief Josh Krause just happened to be in Atlantic at the right place and at the right time, early Friday morning. His quick actions and those of an unidentified nurse, helped to save the life of a man suffering from a medical emergency. The incident happened at the intersection of 7th and Olive Streets in Atlantic. Dispatch reports at the time indicated an unresponsive male driver was in an SUV.

According to sources familiar with the incident Josh Krause just happened to roll up to the stop light at the same time the man went unresponsive. Krause pulled the subject out of the vehicle and frantically began performing CPR. The technique was used multiple times by Krause and a nurse who was also on the scene. The individual with the medical emergency survived, and was transported by Cass EMS to Cass Health in Atlantic.