Police Resue Man Who Collapsed While Clearing Snow On Long Island

Police have rescued a man who collapsed while clearing snow from his Long Island property.

Police rescued a man who collapsed while clearing snow from his Long Island property.
Photo Credit: *Suffolk County Police/Facebook*

01/30/2022 12:45 p.m.

Suffolk County Police Officers Terence Slane and Tristen David responded to a home on Hyman Avenue in West Islip at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 29, after receiving a report from a neighbor that a man had collapsed while using a snowblower.

SCPD said the 71-year-old man was found in cardiac distress and without a pulse.

Officers gave the man CPR and used an Automatic External Defibrillator so that man could regain a pulse, police said.

The man was taken to a hospital, where he was listed in critical but stable condition, SCPD reported.

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