OAKLAND, California — Quick action by airport police helped save a driver who was found unresponsive and not breathing after a crash near the Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport terminal curb, according to The Mercury News, citing an Alameda County Sheriff’s Office announcement.
The report said the incident happened around 12:30 a.m. on May 30, when someone reported a collision near the terminal. Responding deputies found a white Mercedes sedan that had struck a guardrail and was still running.
The driver, identified in the report as Antonio Gilmore, was unresponsive and not breathing. Deputies removed him from the vehicle and began CPR while another deputy retrieved a nearby automated external defibrillator, or AED.
Oakland Fire Department personnel and ambulance responders later arrived, continued care and transported Gilmore to a nearby hospital, according to the report.
Deputies credited in the save
The Mercury News identified the responding Alameda County Sheriff’s Office airport police deputies as T. Hawkins, M. Negrete, S. Osmani and A. Durmisevic.
Gilmore later thanked the deputies, according to the report.
“Their actions reflect the very best of public safety service and demonstrate the impact that preparedness and quick thinking can have during a critical incident,” the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office said, according to The Mercury News.
For Support Law Enforcement readers, the Oakland airport case is a reminder that patrol work can turn into emergency medicine in seconds: recognizing that someone is not breathing, starting compressions, getting an AED and holding the line until fire and EMS arrive.
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