Please, You Stay With Me! Baby Elephant Hit by Motorcycle in Thailand Miraculously Survives After Heart-Wrenching CPR Efforts, Captured in Viral Video

A video of the CPR has gone viral on social media wherein Mana is seen giving two-handed compressions to a small elephant lying on its side

A rescue worker performs CPR on a baby elephant after a motorcycle crash in Chanthaburi province, Thailand.

A baby elephant in Thailand which was hit by a motorcycle in Thailand, fortunately survived after a rescue worker performed Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) on the injured animal. As a rescue worker, Mana Srivate had performed several resuscitation attempts in his career of 26 years, but he had never before performed CPR on an elephant.

Baby Elephant Who Looked Dead After Being Hit By A Motorcycle Receives CPR, Survives And Is Reunited With The Mother

The incident happened on Sunday when Srivate was called into action while off duty, when a baby elephant was struck by a motorcycle while crossing a road with a group of wild pachyderms in the eastern province of Chanthaburi, Reuters reported.

Baby Elephant Who Looked Dead After Being Hit By A Motorcycle Receives CPR, Survives And Is Reunited With The Mother

After 10 minutes of action, the elephant was able to stand up and was taken to another location for treatment. The rescue workers later returned to the scene of the accident later with hopes that the elephant calf would be reunited with its mother. Mana said that when the mother heard her baby crying, the group of pachyderms returned.

Baby Elephant Who Looked Dead After Being Hit By A Motorcycle Receives CPR, Survives And Is Reunited With The Mother

”It’s my instinct to save lives, but I was worried the whole time because I can hear the mother and other elephants calling for the baby,” Mana told Reuters.

Baby Elephant Who Looked Dead After Being Hit By A Motorcycle Receives CPR, Survives And Is Reunited With The Mother

“I assumed where an elephant heart would be located based on human theory and a video clip I saw online,” he said. “When the baby elephant starting to move, I almost cried.”