NHP officers recognized during CPR awareness week

LAS VEGAS (KLAS)— June 1-7 is CPR awareness week and the Red Cross is recognizing two native officers for his or her fast actions to avoid wasting a life.

It was fast considering on Trooper Christopher French and officer Mike Smith’s half that helped save a person’s life again in January 2020.

Trooper French with the Nevada Highway Patrol responded to a reckless driving name the place he discovered a automobile stopped in the course of 1-15 close to Flamingo highway.

The driver was unconscious and never respiration.

Trooper French blocked visitors together with his automobile and instantly started performing CPR.

“There’s no time to really think and how we’re going to react to the situation,” mentioned Trooper French. “We’re trained with what we needed to do.”

It was lower than ten minutes when Las Vegas Metro police officer Mike Smith got here to help him with CPR.

Once the ambulance arrived, they even adopted the person to the hospital.

“We hope the outcome, in the end, is the best and it was in this circumstance,” defined Trooper French. “I followed him to the hospital, contacted this family, waited for the family to get there, and made sure everything was set and that he understood everything that went on before I left.”

Now the pair are hailed as heroes.

“It made me want to cry knowing that he lived,” added officer Smith. “I’m like for sure this guy is dead, once we put him on the ambulance I thought he was dead. To find out he was alive is awesome.”

On Saturday the Red Cross offered their life-saving award for his or her efforts, as being educated to make use of and make the most of c-p-r could make all of the distinction between life and demise conditions.

“I really appreciate it and I still believe in the community and the community believes in law enforcement and having those personal partnerships with the community as well as private industries is wonderful,” added Trooper French. “It feels really good to be recognized.”