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cop haters gon hate this: Cop gives CPR to kid while driving him to hospital
Posted on 10/1/14 at 3:58 pm
Posted on 10/1/14 at 3:58 pm
https://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/story/news/local/northern-dutchess/2014/09/30/red-hook-police-rescue/16505043/
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RED HOOK – When Sgt. Patrick Hildenbrand of the Red Hook village police department saw a car speeding down South Broadway on Monday afternoon, he had no idea the next few minutes would be a matter of life and death.
But that became apparent almost instantly after Hildenbrand switched on the lights of his police SUV.
The driver of the speeding car locked up his brakes, threw open the door and emerged with a lifeless child in his arms.
Today, a 2-year-old boy is breathing normally again after some quick action by Hildebrand and the boy's father, 20-year-old Matthew Morgan of Clermont.
"I just can't thank the officer and his father enough for saving his life," Amanda Small said Tuesday as her son Matthew, a shy, towheaded boy of 22 months, clung to her.
It all happened at about 1:30 p.m. Monday in the center of Red Hook.
Morgan was racing to Northern Dutchess Hospital when he approached Hildenbrand's SUV. When the police officer turned on his lights, Morgan jumped out of the car.
Hildenbrand put the father and his son in the backseat of his SUV and headed to the hospital at full speed, calling ahead to alert the medical staff.
While en route, Hildenbrand had Morgan hold up little Matthew to a partition in the glass that separates the front seat of the police SUV from the back.
"I felt for a pulse on his carotid artery," Hildenbrand said.
He couldn't feel one.
Hildenbrand then began coaching Morgan on CPR techniques.
It wasn't working. Panic was making it difficult for the father to follow instructions, so Hildenbrand had him hold Matthew up close to the partition.
"I have long arms," Hildenbrand said. "I had my arm reaching backwards and I started doing two-finger compressions."
When they arrived at Northern Dutchess, the medical staff began to put an airway into little Matthew.
And then the boy started crying.
He was breathing again.
Posted on 10/1/14 at 3:59 pm to poochie
So he did what any decent human would do?
This post was edited on 10/1/14 at 4:00 pm
Posted on 10/1/14 at 4:00 pm to Walt OReilly
They did what any good person would do. Just because he's a cop doesn't mean he deserves special credit for this IMO.
Posted on 10/1/14 at 4:01 pm to SabiDojo
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The kid IS white, though.
I chuckled.
Posted on 10/1/14 at 4:01 pm to SabiDojo
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The kid IS white, though.
you would have thought that when the cop tased the kid it would have energized it, not stopped it
Posted on 10/1/14 at 4:02 pm to lsut2005
you cop haters are like little children
Posted on 10/1/14 at 4:03 pm to poochie
He probably just wanted to put his mouth on a kid w/o getting in trouble.
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