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A Washington County 911 dispatcher coached a Tualatin woman through five minutes of chest compressions on her husband, who had gone into cardiac arrest and was clinically dead, according to KATU News.

Sandra Meekcom found her 62-year-old husband, Raoul, on the bathroom floor in early September 2012, not breathing, the station reported. She called 911, and dispatcher Rita McQuiston, a 30-year veteran, calmed her and talked her through CPR while help was on the way.

McQuiston would not let Meekcom stop the compressions until responders could take over, according to the report. When Tualatin police arrived, Officer Chet Lemon took over CPR, followed by Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue Battalion Chief Mark Cross and paramedic Jeff Hunter.

Raoul Meekcom was shocked at least eight times at the hospital and received about 40 minutes of CPR in all, KATU reported. Emergency room physician Jerry Tran called it "the longest CPR code I've ever been involved with." Doctors did not expect him to survive the night.

He recovered with no lasting mental or physical effects, according to the station, and was left with only chest soreness and bruised ribs.

On Sept. 20, 2012, the Meekcoms met McQuiston and the officers, firefighters, paramedics and hospital staff who kept his heart beating, and the couple listened to part of the 911 call, KATU reported. The reunion fell on their 12th wedding anniversary.