Cop Spots Grandmother Holding Lifeless Baby. Immediately Starts CPR To Save Baby's Life
A police officer in Georgia has been hailed a hero for saving the life of a 2-month-old infant who was not breathing.
The Marietta Police Department said they received a call on May 15 that baby girl Zeona was conscious, but not breathing.
Officer Nick St. Onge responded to the emergency. He arrived at the baby’s apartment complex to find Zeona in the arms of her grandma, Kianna Dorsey.
“I called her name and she just was not really looking at me,” Dorsey later told WXIA. “She was just, like, glossy and her body was limp. She was just, like, lethargic.”
With paramedics on the way, St. Onge took the baby into his arms and began CPR.
The baby was turning blue, but both grandma and St. Onge remained calm while St. Onge worked to restore breath to Zeona’s small body.
“She only had a bottle,” Dorsey said in the video captured by St. Onge’s body camera and vehicle dash camera. “That’s all she had.”
For the next three agonizingly long minutes, St. Onge alternated between firm yet gentle pats on the baby’s back and chest compressions. By the time paramedics arrived, the baby had started to cry.
St. Onge encouraged the baby to keep breathing. Dorsey could barely contain her relief as the sweet sound of her grandchild’s cry flooded the air.
“I almost fell to the ground,” Dorsey recalled. “I was happy to hear something.”
The baby was taken to the hospital, and now is home with her family. St. Onge has been deemed a hero for his actions, but the officer said he was merely doing his job.
“We prepare for those moments where people’s worlds turn to chaos, and they need to call for help,” said St. Onge, a father of five and former Marine. “I’m just the guy who showed up to do what he had to do.”
St. Onge credited his recent CPR classes for providing him with the skills necessary to help during the crisis. “We applaud the efforts of everyone involved (and) cherish the training they received to be ready for this incident,” said Marietta police.
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