{"id":1176425,"date":"2021-12-31T19:20:18","date_gmt":"2022-01-01T00:20:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1176425"},"modified":"2021-12-31T19:20:22","modified_gmt":"2022-01-01T00:20:22","slug":"indiana-state-trooper-uses-defibrillator-to-save-60-year-old-man-having-heart-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/indiana-state-trooper-uses-defibrillator-to-save-60-year-old-man-having-heart-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Indiana State Trooper Uses Defibrillator to Save 60-Year-Old Man Having Heart Attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Findiana-state-trooper-uses-defibrillator-to-save-60-year-old-man-having-heart-attack%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1176425&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/imgonline-com-ua-FrameBlurred-LAS1KsJg0fcNn7-640x335-1.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">An Indiana State Police trooper saved a 60-year-old man\u2019s life with an automated external defibrillator (AED) after the motorist suffered a heart attack.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday at around 7:15 p.m., Trooper Arthur Smith was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.abc57.com\/news\/indiana-state-trooper-saves-man-with-aed-during-crash-investigation\">investigating<\/a> a crash in which an SUV rear-ended a state trooper vehicle at a traffic light, according to ABC 57. The vehicle <a href=\"https:\/\/wsbt.com\/news\/local\/indiana-state-trooper-saves-mans-life-after-having-a-heart-attack\">belonged<\/a> to another trooper and the incident had taken place in Elkhart County at the intersection of State Road 19 and County Road 26, WSBT reported.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>While Smith and the man were discussing paperwork and wrapping up the incident, the motorist clutched his chest and collapsed, according to WSBT.<\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cIt was out of the corner of my eye and I didn\u2019t know what happened,\u201d Smith said. \u201cWhen I got up to him and saw that he was grabbing his chest and then when he went unresponsive and wasn\u2019t breathing.\u201d<br \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Smith sprung into action as he realized the man was suffering from a heart attack.&nbsp;He bolted to his patrol vehicle to retrieve his AED. All Indiana troopers\u2019 cars are&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wowo.com\/indiana-state-trooper-saves-man-with-aed\/\">equipped<\/a> with an AED, according to WOWO.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>Smith shocked the man, \u201cwhich temporarily brought him back,\u201d WSBT reported.<\/p>\n<p><span> \u201cHe tried to lift his head up and then he went unresponsive again,\u201d Smith told the outlet. \u201cI started chest compressions as instructed and shortly after starting those gasped for air he was able to start talking.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>He worked for two minutes and successfully revived the 60-year-old as paramedics raced to the scene, per WSBT.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span> \u201cLuckily this didn\u2019t happen while he was going down the road driving and hit somebody else,\u201d said Smith. \u201cLuckily we were there and timing is everything in this case.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Smith explained this was the first time he had saved a life with the device.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span> \u201cThis is the first one and unfortunately it goes the other ways at times. but you train and you do what you can,\u201d said Smith.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Paramedics who arrived on the scene lauded Smith and credited him with saving the motorist\u2019s life, according to WSBT.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Indiana State Police trooper saved a 60-year-old man\u2019s life with an automated external defibrillator (AED) after the motorist suffered a heart attack. 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