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Man Chokes At Disability Center On Long Island, Is Saved By Quick Thinking: Police Man Chokes At Disability Center On Long Island, Is Saved By Quick Thinking: Police
Man Chokes At Disability Center On Long Island, Is Saved By Quick Thinking: Police A Long Island man at a disability center who turned blue after choking on his food was saved when a faculty member sprang into action. It happened on Monday, Nov. 27 in Levittown. At approximately 12:15 p.m., a 58-year-old man started to choke while he was eating food at the Adults and Children with Learning & Developmental Disabilities Center (ACLD), located at 2940-42 Hempstead Turnpike. Luckily, a 60-year-old employee, who has not been named, noticed the man had turned blue and began to perform CPR until authorities arrived. Using a Life Vac device, police were able to dislodge …

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by Sophie Grieser
Police & Fire
Suffolk PD Officers Hailed As Heroes For Reviving Holtsville Woman Suffolk PD Officers Hailed As Heroes For Reviving Holtsville Woman
Suffolk PD Officers Hailed As Heroes For Reviving Holtsville Woman Two Long Island police officers are being honored for helping to save a woman in medical distress. The incident took place in Holtsville around 5:50 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 13. According to the Suffolk County Police, Officers Frederick Reed and Stacey Byrnes along with the Holbrook Fire Department provided life-saving aid to a woman in medical distress in Holbrook. Reed and Byrnes responded to a 911 call from a 60-year-old woman suffering from cardiac arrest at her residence on Mews Court, police said. When they arrived, the woman was found unresponsive and without a pulse. The t…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Officers Revive Holbrook Man Who Suffered Cardiac Arrest Officers Revive Holbrook Man Who Suffered Cardiac Arrest
Officers Revive Holbrook Man Who Suffered Cardiac Arrest A Long Island man has two police officers to thank for saving his life. Emergency crews were called to a home in Suffolk County on Church Street in Holbrook Friday, May 13, with reports that an 81-year-old man had suffered cardiac arrest. When officers arrived, they found the man unresponsive and without a pulse, police said. That's when Fifth Precinct officers Marcin Pawezka and Nicholas Vezzi began administering CPR and used an automated external defibrillator (AED). Their efforts paid off and the man began breathing on his own, police said. The officers continued performing CPR to mai…

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by Michael Mashburn
Police & Fire
Man Hospitalized After Suffering Medical Event At Long Island Restaurant Man Hospitalized After Suffering Medical Event At Long Island Restaurant
Man Hospitalized After Suffering Medical Event At Long Island Restaurant A 61-year-old man was hospitalized after suffering a medical event at a Long Island restaurant. The man suffered the medical episode in Levittown at about 10:45 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 4, according to the Nassau County Police Department. When officers arrived, a nurse was giving the man CPR, NCPD said. Officers continued giving CPR, and the man regained and lost a pulse multiple times, police said.  Wantagh-Levittown Ambulance Corp. also responded and began giving medical aid, NCPD said.  The man was taken to an area hospital and was listed in stable condition, police said.

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by Nicole Valinote
Police & Fire
Police Resue Man Who Collapsed While Clearing Snow In Suffolk County Police Resue Man Who Collapsed While Clearing Snow In Suffolk County
Police Resue Man Who Collapsed While Clearing Snow In Suffolk County Police have rescued a man who collapsed while clearing snow from his Long Island property. 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 crit…

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by Nicole Valinote
Police & Fire
33-Year-Old In Critical Condition After Nearly Drowning At Suffolk Home 33-Year-Old In Critical Condition After Nearly Drowning At Suffolk Home
33-Year-Old In Critical Condition After Nearly Drowning At Suffolk Home A man is in critical condition after nearly drowning in a backyard swimming pool at a Long Island home overnight. Officers responded to the residence in Mount Sinai on North Country Road after a 911 caller reported a man at the bottom of a backyard swimming pool on Saturday evening, July 24, Suffolk County Police said.  Sixth Precinct Officer Brian Christopher was first to arrive at the scene. Officer Christopher jumped into the pool, removed the victim, and began CPR, said police. The victim, a 33-year-old, was transported to Stony Brook University Hospital where he is in critic…

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
Officers, Good Samaritans Rescue Drowning Man In Suffolk County Officers, Good Samaritans Rescue Drowning Man In Suffolk County
Officers, Good Samaritans Rescue Drowning Man In Suffolk County Police officers and two good Samaritans on Long Island rescued a man who nearly drowned. Alan Goldberg, age 70, of Coram, was attempting to anchor a boat on Whitehall Beach when he lost his footing and became unresponsive in the water at approximately 2:30 p.m. Sunday, June 20 in Port Jefferson, Suffolk County Police said. The good Samaritans on the beach, Frances George, age 30, and Karl George, age 65, performed CPR until Marine Bureau officers Cory Kim and Shane Parker arrived on the scene and transferred Goldberg onto Marine Delta. The officers, with the assistance of France…

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
Child Found Unconscious In Pool At Long Island Home Child Found Unconscious In Pool At Long Island Home
Child Found Unconscious In Pool At Long Island Home A child was found unconscious at a Long Island home. The boy, whose age has not yet been released, was pulled from a rear yard pool at about 12:10 p.m. Tuesday, May 18 on Imperial Drive in Baldwin Harbor, Nassau County Police said. CPR was performed by First Precinct police officers at the scene and the boy was transported in a Nassau County Police Ambulance to a nearby hospital. The child is listed in critical condition, police said. The investigation is ongoing, and further info is expected to be released shortly. Check back to Daily Voice for updates.

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
Off-Duty Police Officer Rescues Man In Cardiac Arrest In Suffolk County Off-Duty Police Officer Rescues Man In Cardiac Arrest In Suffolk County
Off-Duty Police Officer Rescues Man In Cardiac Arrest In Suffolk County An off-duty officer and other responding cops rescued a man who suffered cardiac arrest on Long Island. Off-duty Suffolk County Police Marine Bureau officer Michael Mason was walking through Port Jefferson Village with his wife around 3:45 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 15 when he observed a 62-year-old man collapse and become unconscious at 200 East Broadway in Port Jefferson.  Mason immediately called 911 and began CPR. Sixth Precinct Patrol officers Christopher Sakowsky and Angelica Nebel responded and continued to administer CPR. Sakowsky applied the defibrillator and administered …

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by Joe Lombardi
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Estranged Husband In Missing Mom Case Rushed To Hospital After Being Found Unresponsive Estranged Husband In Missing Mom Case Rushed To Hospital After Being Found Unresponsive
Estranged Husband In Missing Mom Case Rushed To Hospital After Being Found Unresponsive Click here for an updated story: Estranged Husband In Missing Mom Case Alive Following Suicide Attempt, Police Say Fotis Dulos, the estranged husband of missing Fairfield County mother of five Jennifer Farber Dulos, has been rushed to the hospital after being found unresponsive at his Farmington, Connecticut home, authorities said. New Canaan Police said that Dulos was found unresponsive at his Farmington home on Tuesday, Jan. 28. Eyewitness News 3 is reported that police and paramedics could be seen on the property of his Jefferson Crossing home and that Dulos is dead, according to polic…

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by Kathy Reakes