LIGHTNING STRIKE

We're joined by Dr Bob Kilroy, a chiropractor who was teaching his daughter to surf one Sunday at Venice Beach when the unthinkable happened. On an otherwise clear day a cloud appeared & started a light drizzle with a single lightning strike that hit the waters of Venice Beach, right next to Bob! Struck by literally a million volts in the equivalent of a bathtubs distance, Bob goes into cardiac arrest & inhales some seawater. His daughter, who was knocked off of her surfboard but spared from serious electrocution, pulls him to safety where lifeguards and an ER Cardiologist who happened to be at the beach pull him out and begin CPR. Then our own Danny shows up after what he described as "a bomb going off" followed by a call for an electrocution, upgraded en route to a lightning strike, then to a full cardiac arrest. The lifeguards regain a pulse, then they're off to UCLA ER with Danny pulling off a risky intubation en route. Dr Kilroy makes a full recovery & he and Danny have a unique discussion as Danny is able to fill in the blanks for the 24 hours where the Dr was in a coma. We also talk about the incredible lesson Dr Kilroy took away from this experience as well as how crazy Venice Beach is on a Sunday, what a spinal adjustment is like, how to become a chiropractor, why both hosts like to see a chiro, how the nervous system responds to a lightning strike, what the recovery is like, & also HOLY CRAP THIS DUDE WAS STRUCK BY LIGHTNING AND LIVED & sat with us & showed us the tattoo he got to remember it. Dr Kilroy is super cool, & also has a great broacasting voice, kinda Bill Walton ish. This episode also has footage from the actual event as well as a shout out to Body Glove.