The Voice of Spalding and South Holland
A suicidal Spalding man owes his life to four local police officers who bought him back from the dead.
The officers arrived at the address where he had hanged himself within five minutes of the last report of him being seen.
They cut him down and immediately began administering CPR, resuscitation, which, with the later help of a defibrillator, brought him back from the brink of death.
PCs Sophie King, Charles Smith and two other officers police wouldn’t name, have been awarded the Royal Humane Society Resuscitation Certificates.
PC King administered CPR and another officer arrived with a defibrillator which was used to administer shocks to the man who started breathing again.
He went on to make a full recovery as a result of their intervention.
Praising all of the officers involved, Andrew Chapman, secretary of the society, said: “This was a life and death scenario in which every second counted. If the officers had not managed to reach the address in the time they did the man would almost certainly have been beyond resuscitating.
“The four officers did a brilliant job and as a result, managed to bring the man back from the brink of death. They all richly deserve the awards they are to receive.
“At the same time, this is yet another incident which indicates the value of as many people as possible, not just members of the emergency services learning how to administer CPR. It can, as it was in this case, be a life-saver.”
The Humane Society dates back more than 200 years and is the national body for honouring the bravery in the saving of human life.
It was founded in 1774 with the primary aim of promoting methods of resuscitation. The society makes a variety of awards, depending on the bravery involved.
Since established, it has made more than 200,000 awards.
