Isa Mohammed didn’t get the workout he planned when he arrived at The Columbia Gym on August 26th.

A 4th year medical student at the University of Maryland, Mohammed found a man in his sixties who had collapsed while leaving the gym after his workout and had to employ his CPR training on-the-spot.

He told Fox 5 News, “I checked his pulse and I didn’t feel anything and I didn’t notice that he was breathing, so I rolled him over and I just quickly started doing compressions just because that is something I remember from medical school.”

He got a good chest and triceps workout, as well as some cardio, out of it.

“It was actually about 10 minutes of straight compressions, which was a solid exhausting workout…”

By the time the EMTs arrived on scene, Mohammed had managed to get a steady pulse going.

Photo: Fox 5 News

Mohammed, who is training to be an ophthalmologist, usually has help at the hospital when attending to patients, “but here, I was completely by myself, which was a little scary, but glad things worked out. I did it a few times in hospital and it sometimes works out and sometimes it doesn’t. So I was glad this time it worked out for the best.” he told Fox 5 News.

“We are so grateful to Isa and his timing was perfect,” said Steve Mendelsohn, general manager for The Columbia Gym. “He couldn’t have been more valuable and helpful in that moment to save a life.”

And Allah is Al-Shafi – The Source of all Healing.

Nabeel Azeez is the founder of Becoming the Alpha Muslim. He writes and speaks on men’s issues, masculinity, and personal development for millennial Muslim men. He offers a free 5-day email course called The Alpha Muslim Mindset that will help you ‘think like a Muslim’.