SWAT officer saves an unresponsive child by performing CPR

The fortuitous encounter occurred round midday when SWAT officer Robert Oden noticed a automobile driving down the road with its hazards on and the automotive horn “frantically blowing,” the Atlanta Police Department mentioned in a press release. Oden, who was patrolling the realm, determined to observe the automotive within the occasion of an emergency.

Footage from Oden’s physique digicam — launched by APD — exhibits the life-saving moments.

Oden shortly notifies radio dispatch of the emergency and begins performing CPR on the toddler, who’s positioned on the grass outdoors the hearth station. Oden was not capable of detect the infant’s pulse, based on the APD assertion.

In the footage, Oden is seen alternating between utilizing his fingers and thumb for the chest compressions and leaning in a number of occasions to carry out mouth-to-mouth resuscitation on the infant.

Oden tells one of many bystanders to knock on the door of the hearth station to see if anyone is inside.

He performs CPR on the toddler for a couple of minute and half earlier than an emergency employee arrives to take the toddler.

By the time the EMS employees arrived, Oden had efficiently gained a pulse from the toddler whose “legs began to move,” the division mentioned.

“Grady EMS took custody of the child and rushed him to the hospital for further treatment,” it added.