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• Quick-thinking paterson police officers rescue choking toddler, ensuring full recovery

  Sep 2, 2023 --Two Paterson police officers heroically rescued a 23-month-old baby boy on Friday afternoon. The toddler, suffering from a high fever, began convulsing and choking on his own vomit just before 1 p.m., eventually losing consciousness. In a moment of desperation, the child's aunt sought help and encountered officers Medina and Grayson of the Paterson police force. Officer Grayson administered life-saving CPR to the toddler inside their police vehicle, while Officer Medina provided comfort to the distressed family. Fortunately, the child regained consciousness, coughed up the obstruction, and resumed breathing. They remained by his side until EMS arrived to transport him to a nearby hospital. Remarkably, the young boy is anticipated to make a complete recovery. Officer Grayson boasts two decades of service with the Paterson Police Department, while Officer Medina has dedicated five years to the force.

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• Miraculous rescue: medical student saves woman's life in parking lot collapse

  Jun 9, 2023 --On a cold January morning, Karen Silverio's routine took a dramatic turn. While en route to her role as a practice patient for medical students, she suddenly collapsed in the parking lot of Rowan Virtua College of Osteopathic Medicine. Quick-thinking bystanders initiated CPR, and Krzysztof Zembrzuski, a medical student, joined in, using a defibrillator to shock her back to life. Miraculously, Silverio survived, her collapse attributed to a rare heart condition. Her mission now: educate medical professionals about this condition and emphasize the importance of CPR. For Zembrzuski, this life-saving experience reaffirmed his career choice in critical care anesthesiology.

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• Quick-thinking sons and first responders save coach's life during heart attack

  Feb 24, 2023 --A New Jersey man, James Hart, is praising his children and first responders for rescuing him from a heart attack following a basketball coaching session. James, who will soon celebrate two decades of marriage with his wife Yetunede, had a near-fatal "widow maker" heart attack with a complete artery blockage. Fortunately, his sons Daniel, Sam, and Gabriel acted swiftly. They performed CPR learned by Daniel at school while driving home. South Brunswick police officers, Kyle Klemas and Aaron Parks, arrived promptly, administering life-saving measures. James has no recollection, but his sons were honored with certificates for their heroic actions, emphasizing the importance of CPR knowledge.

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• Tragic loss: 12-year-old collapses and dies during football practice, sparks cpr certification debate

  Feb 16, 2023 --A heart-wrenching incident unfolded in Newark, New Jersey, as a 12-year-old boy, Elijah Jordon Brown-Garcia, collapsed and tragically died during youth football practice. Elijah, participating in his brother's practice, suddenly fell without any physical contact. Despite desperate calls for help, CPR was not administered promptly as the coach was absent. It took over 30 minutes for an ambulance to arrive, but Elijah could not be revived. His family believes that knowing CPR could have made a life-saving difference. Shockingly, there's no New Jersey law mandating CPR certification for coaches, and a previous bill proposing this requirement was vetoed over cost concerns.

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• Heimlich maneuver saved woman's life

  Aug 5, 2022 --Buccelli was on his job as usual when a woman came running towards the counter. She was pushing on her stomach and was trying to make a noise but only came out of her mouth. Looking at her he ran around the counter and performed a Heimlich maneuver on her. Once she was okay she thanked him for saving her life.

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• Teen hero's quick thinking saves friend's life on the basketball court

  Apr 16, 2021 --A New Jersey town is commending the bravery of Ty'shawn James, a teenager who displayed remarkable courage when his friend faced a life-threatening crisis on a basketball court near Chester Elementary School in March. Ty'shawn's friend, who was later revealed to have congenital heart disease, suddenly collapsed and went into cardiac arrest. In a swift response, Ty'shawn dialed 911 and connected with dispatcher Stewart Matthew, who guided the 14-year-old through performing CPR. Ty'shawn, despite the immense pressure, executed the life-saving procedure flawlessly. Thanks to his quick actions and composure, his friend is now on the path to a full recovery.

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• Man's life saved by CPR at the airport

  Mar 3, 2021 --A 60-year-old man collapsed at the airport near a baggage claim, he did not have any pulse and was not breathing. Port Authority officer Jeffrey Croissant ran to help and started CPR while calling for backup. Right then Dr. Mehmet Oz ran to help and worked with the officer to provide CPR and cleared the patient's airway. The airport had a defibrillator due to which they were able to save that man's life.

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• Man suffered from cardiac arrest at the airport

  Mar 2, 2021 --A man went into cardiac arrest at Newark Liberty International Airport. He fell down hitting his head to the ground which caused minor bleeding too. Luckily Dr. Mehmet Oz was there too so he turned him over, he had turned purple. An authority police officer Jeffrey Croissant volunteered to provide CPR. He provided CPR while OZ cleared his airway. Other officers brought the defibrillator which helped them regain his pulse. The man started breathing and was conscious when they took him to the hospital.

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• A police officer saved a newborn baby

  Jul 17, 2020 --The police officers received an emergency call reporting a medical event in the women's restroom. There they saw a woman holding her newborn baby who was not breathing and was gray in color. Bryan Richards, an officer, began chest compressions however the baby did not respond. He called EMS and the baby was taken to the police cruiser. Bryan kept providing CPR while they drove the baby to the hospital. The baby started responding before they reached the hospital.

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• Two police officers saved a baby

  Jun 23, 2019 --Bruce a 21-month-old toddler took a deep breath while throwing up and choked. He went limp and blue, his parents called 911 who told them to perform CPR. Bruce's mother was a nurse so she started providing CPR to the baby. By the time two police officers Tyler Stephenson and Kevin Docherty arrived too, cleared the baby's airway. Bruce started taking shallow breaths followed by some deep breaths and became responsive. He was later taken to the hospital where he recovered.

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• A girl collapsed during skating, revived by CPR

  May 24, 2019 --Victoria Pyott went to Jackson Skating Center with her father Robert Pyott. She was skating when she suddenly collapsed. Her father rushed to see her. She was not responding and was not breathing. Her father tried to look for a pulse but couldn't find any. That's when police arrived and started providing CPR. Then they hooked a defibrillator and regained the pulse. After she was revived, she was taken to the hospital.

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• Science teacher saved a choking student's life

  Mar 25, 2019 --Julianne Downes was taking the class when she noticed that a boy had bent over and was choking apparently. The student had taken a bite more than he could chew and thus choked on it. The teacher sprang into action and started doing Heimlich. After around twenty attempts food dislodged finally and the boy was saved. It turned out that every teacher and staff member in the school was trained in CPR. It was made mandatory when a student collapsed and the teammate who was an EMT helped to save his life by CPR.

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• Baby boy in head-on crash saved by CPR

  Jan 24, 2019 --An 11-month-old baby boy was riding with his mother and 11-year-old sister when they figured in a head-on collision. The family was driving north while the 18-year-old driver was driving south when the male driver drove into oncoming vehicles. Officers from the New Jersey State troopers immediately performed CPR on the baby boy who regained consciousness a few minutes after and later brought to the Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune, New Jersey. The mother and the sister who sustained minor injuries were later declared out of danger.

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• Unidentified woman jumped to her death

  Oct 28, 2018 --A woman whose identity cannot be established jumped from the Route 21 overpass. Responders who first arrived at the scene immediately performed CPR and luckily gained a pulse. The victim was right away brought to the hospital but was later pronounced dead.

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• Good Samaritan saved woman with CPR

  Oct 18, 2018 --Who would think that a trip to the supermarket would turn into a nightmare! Marianne LaPlante was just starting to do her grocery shopping she she felt sick then suddenly collapsed, hitting her head on the floor. Lisa Manoy, who was at the supermarket at that time came to Marianne's rescue. Lisa noticed that Marianne had weak pulse and coming in and out of consciousness then suddenly turned very weak and blue. Lisa immediately performed CPR while her daughter attended to Marianne's mother. Lisa did compressions for 2 to 3 minutes and later Marianne regained consciousness. Responders arrived shortly and brought Marianne to the hospital where she was declared out of danger.

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• 14-year old freshman suffered cardiac arrest

  Oct 11, 2018 --Gabriela Koziol and her teammates were doing sprints on their soccer practice. When they were finished, she suddenly felt dizzy and passed out. Her teammates' screams attracted the attenton of Head Coach Lynette Messina who came rushing and immediately performed CPR. Messina, who used to work as a lifeguard, is aware that performing continuous compressions is the right thing to do until paramedics arrive and she did just that. She did 30 compressions until help arrived then more compressions were performed on the victim until they successfully got a pulse back. She was later rushed to the hospital.

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• Nurse performed CPR on her victim

  Oct 1, 2018 --A 28-year-old nurse struck two male pedestrians while driving that Saturday evening. Allyse Gombas immediately got out of her car and performed CPR on the female victim, 28-year-old Danielle Frederick until paramedics arrived on the scene. Frederick was later brought to the hospital where she remained in critical condition. The other victim Vincent Mangione was treated only for minor injuries.

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• Hero police officer saves a child's life

  Oct 25, 2016 --Jivya was a six-day-old baby who was at the brink of death. It was thanks to a heroic police officer Brian Freund who, upon arriving at the home, found the baby turning blue. He then took over and began performing CPR until the baby was able to cough and cry. She was then taken to the nearest hospital by paramedics.

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• CPR on jury duty

  Sep 23, 2016 --A 68-year-old man collapsed due to a seizure at jury duty pool. That is when Edison Police Sergeant Michael Carter jumped into action to administer CPR to the almost dying man. “My training just kicked into gear, Thankfully, I was in the right place at the right time for this gentleman,” said the heroic officer. He continued CPR while waiting for the rest of the officers to arrive with a portable defibrillator, a shock was given and EMTs arrived to stablize the man and transport him to the hospital.

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• Lifeguards save man after falling into water

  Sep 13, 2016 --40-year-old Yan Nang Min Zaw fell into the water at Wildwood Beach. Lifeguards found Zaw floating the water and immediately started CPR after removing him from the water. The fire department arrived and took over doing CPR. He was taken to Cooper Medical Center and has since recovered from the incident.

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• Twenty bees and one CPR

  Sep 2, 2016 --A 52-year-old man was found unconscious by four police officers who came to Finn’s Trailer Home p Park after receiving a call for help. The officers began CPR maneuvers on the almost dying man who happened to be highly allergic to bees. Along with Rescue breathings and compressions they also shocked the man with an AED and gave him 2 doses of EpiPens, the EMS arrived and took the man to the hospital’s intensive care unit.

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• Man has cardiac arrest while installing video camera

  Aug 22, 2016 --Triangle communications technician William Rodriguez was intalling a video camera for the Department of Public Works when he suddenly went into cardiac arrest. DPW worker Brain Keith saw Rodriguez inside the patrol car he was working on and quickly got him on the ground and on his back. He began CPR while others called 911. When Officer Joseph Raush arrived at the scene he had a defibrillator with him. He performed the first shock. The Monmouth Junction and Monroe First Aid Squad arrived and started prefoming the CPR and defibrillator shocks. By the third one Rodriguez had awoken and was taken to a nearby hospital.

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• Lifeguard saves the life of a man at the pool

  Aug 20, 2016 --A lifeguard had the chance to save a life when he pulled a 24-year-old man from a pool. After a man had spotted the drowned individual he called for help and the Lifeguard quickly rushed to check for vital signs and administer CPR techniques until the EMTs and Princeton officer arrived and transported the almost dying man to a medical center.

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• Football player resuscitated following pool incident

  Aug 17, 2016 --A footbal player from New Jersey’s Nottingham school was found unconscious on a pool them pulled and resuscitated by CPR techniques on the scene, the EMS service arrived just in time to make a quick transfer to the nearest hospital outside mercer county, the teen is currently safe and sound competing next to his team mates, all thanks to the proper training and quick thinking of the coaches.

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• A heroic teen lifeguard

  Aug 9, 2016 --Brendan Ladd works a lifeguard for the Pleasant Valley pool, he was doing his routine work when he noticed a little boy sinking into the deep end of the pool. After four years of being a lifeguard what came after was natural to him, he quickly pulled the little boy out of the 6 foot deep area. He noticed the boy didn’t have stable vital signs so he started doing CPR "I did the Heimlich maneuver just to jump start his lungs," said Brendan after successfully helping the little kid. He was commended by mayor Carol Bianchi for his heroic action.

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• ResQCPR a new life saving system

  Jun 30, 2016 --That’s how the new system is called, one that saved Douglas Murphy from a life threatening condition. It all began when the 63-year-old man, had symptoms associated with a cardiac arrest while working on his garden, his wife Lisa Battista called 911 and the police department was the first to arrive, they began administering CPR, afterwards the EMS services showed, bringing with them something “new”, a device called “ResQCPR”. The system is made to improve the blood flow more effectively than traditional CPR techniques, connecting chest and airway and helping the thorax rise up properly after a successful compression. “It’s exciting because it brings about a technology that hasn’t been available in the past for improving these types of situations,” said EMS worker James Dolan, the patient is successfully recovering after a cardiac catheterization, he is now one of the many success stories of the ResQCPR system.

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• Security officer saves a life

  Jun 21, 2016 --David Ackerman works as a security officer at a college. He was doing his routine work when he was alerted of a man suffering from cardiac arrest at a meeting. Vice President of Academic Affairs Dwight Smith was also alerted and was the first to act by providing CPR assistance to Joan Cunningham, who suffered a sudden heart attack. Ackerman along with Sergeant Charles Munk quickly rushed to help and had an AED with them. The three heroes kept doing CPR and gave Mrs. Cunningham a shock while waiting for help to arrive. The EMTs arrived just in time to transport the patient to the nearest hospital. These three heroic individuals were honored by the American Heart Association for providing an effective Chain of Survival and saving the life of Mrs. Joan Cunningham.

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• Respiratory therapist saves man's life while shopping at Costco

  Apr 28, 2016 --Respiratory Therapist Marisol Flynn was shopping when she heard a commotion arise. She went over and found a man collapsed on the floor in cardiac arrest. Flynn began performing CPR and was assisted by others to call 911 and locate an AED. Flynn connected the AED machine, but was not prompted to use shocks. Flynn continued with CPR until paramedics arrived and took him to the hospital.

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• Mother saves infant using CPR

  Feb 17, 2016 --A mother called 911 when her infant stopped breathing. She was assisted by the operator who instructed her in performing CPR. The mother began CPR until the police arrived. Officer Kevin Jorgensen assisted with CPR until paramedics got to the scene and continued. The infant regained a pulse and was taken to the hospital where the baby was recovering.

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• State trooper saves 8 month old

  Oct 14, 2015 --State Trooper Benjamin Hockin responded to a 911 call regarding an unconscious baby. The family doctor was performing CPR on the child but she had no pulse. The officer used an AED to administer a shock to the baby and continued CPR until the ambulance arrived. The baby is expected to recover from the incident.

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• Police saves man on Columbia trail

  Jul 29, 2015 --A man was found unconscious on the Columbia trail by a family member and another person. They contacted the authorities and immediately began performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation. After a while, police officers arrived at the scene and was able to resume the revival process with enhanced CPR techniques and an automated external defibrillator. The man was taken away from the trail via ambulance. While being transported to the hospital, the man regained consciousness, unable to recall the events that have transpired. He was thankful for the brave people who got in their way to help him live through that very harrowing event.

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• Cop saves own son with CPR training

  Jul 16, 2015 --A family in Nutley was enjoying a barbecue at their home one day. The five-year-old son of the family man, who was a police officer, went into the swimming pool unnoticed. He was unable to get himself up to the surface. The father saw him a few moments later and he frantically dove in to save his son. Once on the surface, he performed CPR on the boy, a procedure he had learned throughout his years as a policeman. Emergency responders arrived at their home and the boy was revived. The medics checked the boy and said that he didn’t require any further intervention.

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• Two women save Boy from drowning

  Jul 15, 2015 --A swimming instructor and her friend were just exiting the community pool when they overheard a boy telling his aunt that his older brother was at the bottom of the pool. The aunt immediately jumped in the pool and scooped the boy out. The two women helped by assessing the boy’s condition. They performed CPR on him when they found out that he was unresponsive. After a few rounds of chest compressions from the women, the boy was able to breathe on his own again. Emergency responders arrived at the community pool and took the boy to the hospital for further care.

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• Nets scout saved by athletic trainer after he suffered heart attack at practice

  Feb 3, 2015 --A Nets scout suffered a heart attack which led to cardiac arrest before the team’s practice in New Jersey. It was fortunate that he was present at the practice instead of being somewhere else, which is more typical in a scout’s life. If he suffered the heart attack somewhere else, he wouldn’t have been saved by the team’s athletic trainer. Together with the team’s assistant trainers and massage therapist, they performed CPR on the man and, with the use of a defibrillator, bought the scout back. East Rutherford police officers also had their fair share of help in the situation.

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• Woman trapped in an apartment building on fire revived by firefighters

  Nov 28, 2014 --An abandoned Atlantic City apartment complex was said to be lived by individuals illegally. The apartment was closed for more than one year when it caught fire. Firefighters immediately responded to the emergency and soon found a woman trapped inside the burning building. The woman is believed to be one of the many others who are living illegally in the apartment complex. She was brought out by the firefighters where they discovered she had no pulse. They performed CPR on the woman and were able to revive her. The woman was taken to Atlantic City Regional Medical Center. Three firefighters were hurt in the fire but the injuries were nothing serious.

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• Three police officers revived unresponsive man using a defibrillator

  Nov 24, 2014 --A 49-year-old man was unresponsive with his wife trying to wake him when police arrived at the parking lot of Fuddruckers in Roxbury Mall restaurant. When they determined the victim had no pulse, they got him out of the car and lay him on the ground where they performed CPR. One officer administered the CPR, the other assisting him while the third prepared the AED. They applied one shock and resumed CPR. Shortly after that, the victim’s pulse was restored and he was able to breathe on his own again. He was taken to a hospital where he recovered.

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• State trooper and a nurse saved a man’s life after collapsing in a park

  Nov 3, 2014 --An off-duty nurse saw a commotion in a park and when he checked to investigate, he saw a 44-year-old man on the ground who collapsed and went into cardiac arrest. As a nurse, he knew what he needed to do so he performed CPR on the victim immediately. A state trooper was dispatched on the scene and he used a portable defibrillator to help the victim. After three tries on the AED, the victim’s pulse was restored and he was breathing again. The rescuers credit the AED that was able to revive the man and the help of other people in the park.

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• Infant revived after mother threw her in the water and then jumped in herself

  Oct 27, 2014 --A woman was acting “unusually”, according to a group of fishermen at an Atlantic City inlet. She was walking to the rocks with a baby, who turned out to be her 1-month old daughter, when all of a sudden she threw the infant into the water and then jumped in as well. Two fishermen immediately jumped into the water and rescued the mother and daughter. The infant turned out to be unresponsive and a retired firefighter who happened to be on the jetty administered CPR to the baby and was able to revive her. He did two breaths, patted the infant on the back and she spitted out a lot of water.

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