New Bedford officers started CPR when a wellness check turned urgent
Officers Meagan Pereira and Johnny Vongsouna answered a Nov. 1 wellness check on Rounds Street after a friend grew worried. The woman stopped breathing and had no detectable pulse. The officers began CPR, and New Bedford EMS joined them before she went to the hospital.
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On Nov. 1, New Bedford officers Meagan Pereira and Johnny Vongsouna went to an apartment on Rounds Street for a wellness check, WBSM reported. A friend had asked police to look in on the woman because of how she sounded on the phone. The officers found her disoriented. Pereira said it looked as if she was about to pass out. She then collapsed and began having a seizure.
The officers found she was not breathing and had no pulse, and they started CPR. New Bedford EMS arrived moments later and worked with them. Police said she was taken to the hospital. The department has not released her name or her condition. In its account of the call, the department said the officers' quick actions and the EMS crews who joined them showed how much a coordinated response can matter.
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