“And the outstanding ‘All in a Days Work’ reward goes to Trooper Eric Devers for the life-saving efforts he gave to keep John Depue, the truck driver alive after his near fatal crash.”
Twelve minutes of chest compressions and passionate pleas of, “Keep breathing, Don’t you die. Don’t you die on me. Come on!” is what gave John Depue a second chance at life. Eric Devers had been so well trained, he said, that he went into “autopilot” and did hat he had to do to keep Depue alive until medical help arrived.
A well-deserved recognition for being excellent on the job is being given to Trooper Devers today.
Watch the dashcam video of this remarkable lifesaving effort on the NEXT PAGE:
Hero
…Awesome!
It may be apart of his job but have you ever done chest compressions for 12 minutes? After 2 minutes you are worn out
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“McDonald’s employee $#%&!@*embled bigmac!” What a hero!
Good job young man ,
NO. it is NOT part of his job. He is NOT and EMT nor a doctor. He is a POLICE officer, he wears a gun not a stethoscope. Police are trained in basic live saving skills but are not obligated to use those skills on civilians. Not because civilians are not worth it but because too many civilians suffer broken ribs or bad bruises from the chest compressions done in the interest of saving their lives and then are so ungrateful and ignorant that they would actually sue the police officer, the police department and the town or county they work for. Even as a Fireman if I perform CPR on a citizen while I’m not on duty and this person ultimately die because of whatever reason, I could be sued as an individual and risk all I have for my family… Now if I see someone chocking or having a possible heart attack I just call 9-1-1 and let the folks on duty handle it, they are protected from law suites while on duty.