Life Saving Incident

On June 7, 2019 a woman called dispatch and screamed into the phone "He is not breathing", about her 77 year old husband. Deputy Daniel Marrujo arrived at the Rancho Cucamonga home and found the husband lying on the bed without a pulse and not breathing and he immediately began chest compressions. When Deputy Christian Zaragoza arrived, the two deputies moved the victim to the floor and continued chest compressions and as a result were able to revive him. Marrujo reevaluated him by checking his airway for blockage, to see if he was breathing. He was not breathing on his own, so Zaragoza immediately began chest compressions. After a short time, Zaragoza discontinued the compressions and the two deputies again reevaluated him. Marrujo located a faint pulse and realized the faint pulse would not sustain life, so Zaragoza continued compressions. Soon after, fire personnel arrived and took over the life saving measures using an AED. After the CPR and AED shock, the man was able to maintain a steady heartbeat. He was transported to the hospital and had surgery to have a personal defibrillator permanently installed in his chest. The man survived thanks to the quick thinking and actions by Deputies Marrujo and Zaragoza.