Cop saves sick middle school student, 9-day-old baby in same day
St. George, Utah, Police Officer Matt Schuman, center, saved a toddler and middle school student in one day. (Washington County School District)
This week has been quite the week for a Utah police officer who saved a 14-year-old girl and a 9-day-old baby all in the same day.
It started when St. George, Utah, Police Officer Matt Schuman was working his duty as a school resource officer. That's when a 14-year-old got violently ill during gym class.
He performed CPR on her but she then had a seizure and went into cardiac arrest. He did CPR again until EMTs arrived.
She was lifeflighted to a Las Vegas hopsital and Schuman went back to work.
As Schuman was headed home, he got a call about a choking baby. He was three houses away when it came in so he rushed to the scene and cleared the newborn's airwave, allowing the child to breathe again.
“He was successful in saving this child’s life as EMTs arrived and continued care,” Fox 13 reported, quoting a Washington County School District press release.
“It was amazing to watch a life saving effort in action,” Dixie vice principal Sheri Robison-Fisher wrote on the school’s Facebook page. “I am so grateful for our Police Officers and Emergency Medical Response Teams!”