Good Samaritan saves child
REBECCA PETTINGILL | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 2 years, 9 months AGO
The 7-year-old child was transported via LifeFlight to a regional hospital for medical treatment after a UPS driver performed CPR and revived her.
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SOAP LAKE — A UPS driver helped save the life of a child who had stopped breathing in a pool at the Smokiam Resort Wednesday afternoon.
Grant County Sheriff’s Office Public Information Officer Kyle Foreman said that at about 12:30 p.m. while making deliveries in the area, UPS driver, Brian Walters, jumped in to help when presented with the situation. Walters is also a volunteer firefighter in Grand Coulee.
Foreman said that the child was not breathing when pulled from the pool by her family and Walters performed CPR on the 7-year-old child and revived her.
After she was revived, she was transported via ambulance from the resort to Soap Lake High School where a helicopter was waiting. She was awake and crying in the ambulance and is being flown by LifeFlight to a regional hospital for medical treatment, Foreman said.
“We encourage the public to learn CPR because you never know when you're going to need to help save a life,” said Foreman.
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