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Man Who Went Into Cardiac Arrest At Local Business Meets NJ Officer Who Saved His Life Man Who Went Into Cardiac Arrest At Local Business Meets NJ Officer Who Saved His Life
Man Who Went Into Cardiac Arrest At Local Business Meets NJ Officer Who Saved His Life On Saturday, Feb. 24, Washington Township police officer Scott Myers did what he was trained to do: He saved a life. Louis Luckhardt, a Long View physical therapist, went into cardiac arrest at a local business, but luckily for him, Myers arrived on the scene and performed CPR and used his defibrilator to revive him and Luckhardt eventually made a full recovery.  "Responding to medical emergencies is one of the calls where we as officers have the greatest positive impact on the residents of Washington Township and Califon," Myers, who had gone through EMT training, said. "I w…

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by Sam Barron
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Unresponsive Man At New Jersey LA Fitness Revived By Officers, Bystander: Police Unresponsive Man At New Jersey LA Fitness Revived By Officers, Bystander: Police
Unresponsive Man At New Jersey LA Fitness Revived By Officers, Bystander: Police A quick-thinking bystander and three Secaucus police officers helped save a life at LA Fitness on Saturday, Dec. 16, police said. At 10:03 a.m., police responded to LA Fitness at 485 Harmon Meadow Boulevard on a report of an unresponsive male, who was not breathing, Secaucus Police Chief Dennis Miller said.  Juan Germosen, a bystander, began performing CPR, Miller said. Police officer Christopher Boyko took over CPR and was assisted by officer Jonathan Padron, Miller said. While performing CPR, officer Justin Pardo utilized a defibrillator and administered two shocks to the man, and a…

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by Sam Barron
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WHO IS HE? Unidentified Jogger Unresponsive After Collapsing At Lyndhurst Park WHO IS HE? Unidentified Jogger Unresponsive After Collapsing At Lyndhurst Park
WHO IS HE? Unidentified Jogger Unresponsive After Collapsing At Lyndhurst Park Authorities were trying to identify a jogger who collapsed Wednesday morning while running in a park in Lyndhurst. The jogger -- believed to be in his 50s to early 60s -- stopped and hunched over, then grabbed his chest and collapsed on the running track in Riverside County Park North around 9 a.m. May 3, Detective Lt. Vincent Auteri said. Police officer brothers Angel and Steven Batista and Detective Thomas McSweeney began CPR on the unresponsive victim, who Auteri said wasn't carrying any identification. They applied defibrillator shocks, the third of which revived him, the lieutenant sa…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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HEROES: Ridgefield Park Police Revive Driver In Route 46 Crash HEROES: Ridgefield Park Police Revive Driver In Route 46 Crash
Heroes: Ridgefield Park Police Revive Driver In Route 46 Crash Ridgefield Park police revived a driver who crashed on Route 46 after apparently suffering a medical episode Saturday afternoon, authorities said. The 59-year-old Queens driver apparently had a low blood sugar-related incident before his car struck the concrete divider on the eastbound highway shortly after 2 p.m., village Police Chief Joseph Rella said. Officers forced their way into the car and immediately began CPR, Rella said. After two shocks from a defibrillator, the driver came to, he said. He was taken to Holy Name Medical Center in Teaneck, the chief confirmed.

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by Jerry DeMarco
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HEROES: Palisades Park Police Resuscitate OD Victim HEROES: Palisades Park Police Resuscitate OD Victim
Heroes: Palisades Park Police Resuscitate OD Victim A 17-year-old drug user showed no signs of life when a trio of Palisades Park police officers found her on the back deck of a home off Broad Avenue. Officer Theo Christolias administered two doses of Narcan as Sgt. Marc Messing and Officer Robert DeVito conducted CPR, Detective Alex Monteleone said. DeVito applied defibrillator pads that advised no shock, Monteleone said. Messing and Christolias continued CPR and she eventually came around, the detective said . The girl was alert and conscious when taken to Bergen New Bridge Medical Center in Paramus, he said.

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Dr. Oz Helps Port Authority PD Resuscitate Stricken Traveler At Newark Airport Dr. Oz Helps Port Authority PD Resuscitate Stricken Traveler At Newark Airport
Dr. Oz Helps Port Authority PD Resuscitate Stricken Traveler At Newark Airport Celebrity physician Dr. Oz helped Port Authority police resuscitate a stricken traveler at Newark Airport, authorities said. PAPD Officer Jeffrey Croissant saw the 60-year-old New Jersey man go down in the Terminal A baggage claim area shortly after 11 p.m. Monday, authority spokeswoman Lenis Valens said. He "looked like a tree falling," the officer said. Croissant rushed over and found the man wasn’t breathing and didn’t have a pulse, Valens said. The officer summoned backup, began CPR and was joined by Mehmet Oz, who’d just gotten off the flight and was at the carousel when he saw the c…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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HEROES: Port Authority Police Revive Stricken Construction Worker At LaGuardia HEROES: Port Authority Police Revive Stricken Construction Worker At LaGuardia
Heroes: Port Authority Police Revive Stricken Construction Worker At LaGuardia A group of Port Authority police officers revived a construction worker who suffered a medical episode at LaGuardia Airport. Officers Oliver Ramclam, Richard McCarthy, Tim Feeney, John Gimigliano and Dan Novelli responded to a call for aid at a construction site opposite Terminal D shortly after 6:30 a.m. Monday, Port Authority Spokeswoman Lenis Valen said. They found the 57-year-old unconscious worker with no pulse, Valens said. The officers conducted CPR and shocked him with a defibrillator, reviving him, she said. The worker was taken to a nearby hospital, where he was reported in stab…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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HEROES: Lyndhurst Police Save Another Cardiac Victim HEROES: Lyndhurst Police Save Another Cardiac Victim
Heroes: Lyndhurst Police Save Another Cardiac Victim A 62-year-old Lyndhurst man lay lifeless on his front lawn Thursday night when a township police officer arrived and immediately began administering CPR. Officer Thomas McSweeney was the first responder at the Stuyvesant Avenue home, where he was quickly joined by Detectives Geoff Rejent and William Kapp. “Together they continued lifesaving measures and administered a shock from a defibrillator,” Detective Lt. Vincent Auteri said Friday. “As a result of their efforts they were able to resuscitate him.” Lyndhurst EMTs Charles Robert Pelle and Kenan Tepeli continued to render aid to the vict…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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HEROES: Port Authority Team Rescues Seizure Victim At Lincoln Tunnel HEROES: Port Authority Team Rescues Seizure Victim At Lincoln Tunnel
Heroes: Port Authority Team Rescues Seizure Victim At Lincoln Tunnel A worker had suddenly went into cardiac arrest on the roof of the Port Authority administration building at the Lincoln Tunnel when several heroes rushed to his rescue. Senior Tunnel and Bridge Agent Keith O'Halloran and Tunnel and Bridge Agent David Brierty found him not breathing, with no pulse early Saturday. Three Port Authority police officers quickly joined in. The rescuers began CPR, then gave him two shocks from a defibrillator. Soon, he began breathing and regained a pulse. EMS took the worker to a local hospital, where doctors placed him in a medically-induced coma. All are ho…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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EMS Worker Who Helped Revive Heart Attack Victim Among Honored Ramsey Responders EMS Worker Who Helped Revive Heart Attack Victim Among Honored Ramsey Responders
EMS Worker Who Helped Revive Heart Attack Victim Among Honored Ramsey Responders A Ramsey EMS worker who helped revive a 22-year-old man who went into cardiac at a local gym was among a group of heroes honored by the local Knights of Columbus. Marc Greenwood was at Retro Fitness off Route 17 when the victim collapsed on April 28, Police Chief Bryan Gurney said at the time. Marc Greenwood, a Ramsey Ambulance Corps member, senior planner for the borough Office of Emergency Management and Mahwah police dispatcher who used to work at the same gym, began CPR. Officer Bryan Stevens arrived soon after and brought the victim back to full consciousness with one shock from a de…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Fast-Acting Morris County Police Officers (One Off-Duty) Save Life Of Unresponsive Driver Fast-Acting Morris County Police Officers (One Off-Duty) Save Life Of Unresponsive Driver
Fast-Acting Morris County Police Officers (One Off-Duty) Save Life Of Unresponsive Driver A man suffering a medical episode has fast-acting Morris County police officers to thank for saving his life with CPR. Morris Plains Officer Nicholas Grawehr flagged down Morris Township Officer Saul Gutierrez when he noticed an unresponsive driver with his car pulled up onto the sidewalk on East Hanover Avenue around 3:40 p.m. Wednesday, Morris Township police said. Grawehr got into the car as Gutierrez removed the unconscious man and brought him to the front of his car, police said. Gutierrez found the man did not have a pulse and directed an off-duty corrections officer to behin CPR, as…

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by Cecilia Levine
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HEROES: Port Authority Police Revive Heart Attack Victim, 73, At Newark Airport HEROES: Port Authority Police Revive Heart Attack Victim, 73, At Newark Airport
Heroes: Port Authority Police Revive Heart Attack Victim, 73, At Newark Airport A group of Port Authority police officers brought an unresponsive man back to life at Newark Airport. The 73-year-old victim's pulse had stopped when a TSA agent alerts Sgt. Anthony Giordano and Officers Steve Collegio, Jorge Fujita, Kyle Cherrick, Evangelos Mageros and Michael Raccioppi at a Terminal C checkpoint around 4 p.m. Tuesday, Port Authority Spokeswoman Lenis Rodrigues said. The officers used a defibrillator and conducted CPR, Rodrigues said. "After 15 minutes the man’s pulse returned and he began breathing," she said. He was taken to the nearest hospital for an evaluation.&nbs…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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HEROES: Ramsey Police Officers Revive Heart Attack Victim HEROES: Ramsey Police Officers Revive Heart Attack Victim
Heroes: Ramsey Police Officers Revive Heart Attack Victim RAMSEY, N.J. – An engaged woman who had a heart attack at a friend’s home in Ramsey might not have seen her next birthday, much less her wedding, if not for two borough police officers who brought her back to life. After feeling chest pains, the Tampa woman suddenly passed out and was semi-conscious on the living-room floor of her friend’s Harlind Terrace home when Officer Matthew Rork found her just after 6 a.m. one day last fall. “I remember waking up with a severe chest pain early that morning and waking up my friend and fiancé,” the woman said of the Sept. 3 incident. They were about t…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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HEROES: Upper Saddle River Responders Rescue Unresponsive Man, 58 HEROES: Upper Saddle River Responders Rescue Unresponsive Man, 58
Heroes: Upper Saddle River Responders Rescue Unresponsive Man, 58 UPPER SADDLE RIVER, N.J. -- A 58-year-old Upper Saddle River man wasn't breathing and didn't have a pulse when borough police arrived at his home. Officers Kevin McWilliams and Colin Gurney began CPR and attached a defibrillator as ambulance corps members and paramedics responded, Detective Lt. Edward Kane said. The victim's pulse returned and he was rushed to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, the lieutenant said. He was back at work six weeks later. The grateful man and his family attended a recent borough council meeting, making powerful speeches thanking the emergency workers for thei…

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by Jerry DeMarco