Deputy saves infant’s life

Washoe County law enforcement is responsible for saving the life of a 14-month-old Spanish Springs child, according to officials.

At 12:08 a.m. on Wednesday, a deputy patrolling the Spanish Springs area arrived at a home on Monumental Circle and administered CPR to a baby that had stopped breathing, according to a release issued from Washoe County Sheriff’s Office Spokesperson Brooke Keast.

The deputy was responding to garbled reports called in to dispatch from the home that the child had turned blue, according to Keast.

After reviving the child, dispatchers said they could hear the it crying in the background when the deputy called in that the “child was breathing again.”

REMSA and the fire department responded shortly thereafter, Keast said, and expressed praise for the quick actions of the deputy.

“When a situation like this occurs training kicks in,” Sheriff Michael Haley said. It is not every day we get to save a life, but when we do, we feel just as elated as the family.”

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