A Bathurst police officer revived a newborn with CPR. Sgt. Karl Hachey was the first to respond when an infant ceased to breathe at his Bathurst home.
When the newborn son of Camie Basque, Mickael stopped breathing, she though his life was over. Basque had just finished feeding Mickael when she noticed that his lips were turning bluish while his face was gray and not moving.
She tried to wake him up by touching his back and moving his arms. Once she placed her ear on his chest, she could not hear any breathing.
Basque’s partner, Marc-Antoine Boivin was playing outside with their 2-year old son Jacob. He rushed inside and called 911 and started to perform mouth-to-mouth resuscitation on Mickael. Neither parents has CPR training and they struggled as they followed the directions from the 911 operator.
Nightmare
Basque was overwhelmed with what was happening. Around 3 minutes after the 911 call, Sgt. Karl Hachey of the Bathurst Police Force arrived on the scene.
The officer grabbed the child who was lying on the living room floor and started to perform CPR. In just minutes, Mickael was breathing again and cried out.
For Hachey, it was the best noise he has heard who relied on CPR training from his earlier years with the force.
Time to learn CPR
Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is an essential life-saving skill that everybody should learn. You can learn this skill by enrolling in a first aid course. Emergencies can occur without warning and it is best that you are prepared.
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LEARN MORE
Learn how to help by enrolling in a CPR class and for more information, check out these sources:
https://www.babycenter.com/0_infant-first-aid-for-choking-and-cpr-an-illustrated-guide_9298.bc
https://www.webmd.com/first-aid/cardiopulmonary-resuscitation-cpr-for-children