Louisiana Police Officer Saves Life of Baby Alongside Roadway

A police officer in Lake Charles, Louisiana is being credited with saving an infant’s life while on patrol.

According to the Lake Charles Police Department, Sgt. Shawna Aymond was flagged down by a mother after the infant stopped breathing and that is when Officer Aymond sprung into action.

Aymond called for an ambulance and then started to perform CPR and the Heimlich maneuver to get the baby breathing again.

To make matters more difficult, the mother and officer had a language barrier, but that did not stop Sgt. Aymond from performing the live-saving measures alongside the roadway.

Because of the officer’s efforts, the infant started to breathe again on its own as the mother and officer waited for the ambulance to arrive.

The Lake Charles Police Dept. says that Sgt. Aymond is also a certified Cops N’ Cribs officer and after saving the infant’s life she went to the hospital to check on the family and to deliver some great news to them.

With the use of a language translator, she informed the family that she along with the Southwest Louisiana Safe Sleep Task Force had a Pack N’ Play portable crib for them. All of this was possible through the partnership with the National Cribs for Kids Safe Sleep Initiative.

Chief Shawn Caldwell had this to say about Sgt. Aymond, “Sgt. Aymond represents the best of the Lake Charles Police Department, so I was not surprised to learn of the immediate actions she took to save this infant’s life and then steps she took to follow up with the family,”