‘It happened so fast’: State trooper saves choking infant
By Greg Ng
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ELKTON, Maryland (WBAL) — A routine traffic stop quickly turned into a lifesaving moment Saturday morning in Cecil County.
Maryland State Police said Trooper Nicholas Warren helped to save the life of a choking infant while conducting a traffic stop on Walnut Drive in Elkton.
As the trooper walked to his marked patrol vehicle, another vehicle pulled up and the driver called out, “We need help. My baby is choking.”
Warren immediately called for emergency medical services and performed lifesaving First Aid on the infant.
“I grew up in the fire department. I was a volunteer before I came to the state police, so I’ve had plenty of training, and then, they gave us a ton of training in the academy, and I’ve been able to use it quite often on my job,” Warren told WBAL-TV 11 News. “That was the first time that I’ve used that kind of training on an infant. You don’t get too many calls on babies, so it was definitely a first for me.”
The trooper administered back blows for a few moments and removed the blockage and the baby began breathing again.
“It happened so fast that your brain just clicks. So, I was very thankful for that training,” Warren told WBAL-TV 11 News. “That’s why you sign up to do this job. And, it’s the most rewarding thing you can have, having a good outcome and something like that. That happened so fast and seconds count, so it was very, very rewarding.”
Emergency medical services personnel arrived shortly thereafter to evaluate the infant.
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