"He had a clogged artery, just passed out, heart stopped," says Officer Carson Yates. "My first thought was just to try to get some sort of breath into him, just try to stabilize him until EMS comes.”
Providing emergency first aid such as CPR, applying a tourniquet, stopping a sucking chest wound, or staunching the bleed of a gunshot wound is difficult and requires hours of training and preparation.
Officer Olivia Bartulovic, of the Twinsburg Police Department (OH), recently was called upon to use her CPR training early in her shift to save someone. Then, later in the same shift, she did it again.
Officer Michael Prather of the the Helena (AL) Police Department is being praised for conducting life-saving CPR on individuals in medical distress for three consecutive years.
An officer with the Vine Grove (KY) Police Department is being credited with saving the life of an infant in distress.
An officer with the California State University at Chico Police Department received that agency's Life Saving Award in a ceremony late last week.
Sergeant Mike Nowacki performed CPR on an unresponsive woman near the finish line of the annual Allstate Hot Chocolate Run. Then he proposed marriage to his girlfriend, Officer Erin Gubala.
An officer with the Oakland Police Department performed CPR on a man suffering a medical emergency in the parking lot of the Oakland Coliseum prior to the football game between the Raiders and the Denver Broncos Monday night.
A New Jersey State Trooper on a family vacation in Florida performed life-saving CPR on a 7-year-old girl who was found face down in a swimming pool.
An officer with the Scottsville (KY) Police Department saved the life of a 19-month-old child last week by performing CPR.
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