Amy Adams Saved a Stabbing Victim With Tips From a CBS Medical Drama
Variety • • entertainment
Key Points:
- Amy Adams revealed on the “Smartless” podcast that she saved a stabbing victim’s life using first aid skills she learned while playing a nurse on the short-lived CBS medical drama “Dr. Vegas.”
- Adams and her family were the first to respond when they encountered a man stabbed in the neck outside their favorite Santa Monica restaurant, with Adams applying pressure to stop the bleeding.
- She advised the victim to remain still to slow blood loss, a technique she credited to her role as nurse Alice Doherty on the 2004 show, which lasted only five episodes.
- A year later, Adams unexpectedly met the stabbing victim again at a restaurant, confirming the life-saving event had a lasting impact.
