NEIGHBORS RUSH TO REVIVE DROWNING BOY\Neighbors act fast to revive boy.Byline: Jaxon Van Derbeken Daily News Staff Writer When firefighters got there, the little boy who had been pulled unconscious from the Panorama City apartment complex pool was awake and crying. And residents Stanley Glover Stanley B. Glover (born 18 April, 1906, date of death unknown) was a Canadian athlete who competed mainly in the 400 metres. He competed for Canada in the 1928 Summer Olympics held in Amsterdam, Netherlands in the 4 x 400 metre relay where he won the Bronze medal with his and Cedric Williams were being congratulated as heroes for their efforts. "It feels great to save someone's life," said Glover, 36, who teamed with Williams to revive the 4-year-old boy, who was blue and lifeless when a third neighbor pulled the youth from the deep end of the pool in the complex at 14931 Roscoe Blvd. Fire officials and neighbors say Glover and Williams resuscitated re·sus·ci·tate v. re·sus·ci·tat·ed, re·sus·ci·tat·ing, re·sus·ci·tates v.tr. To restore consciousness, vigor, or life to. See Synonyms at revive. v.intr. To regain consciousness. the boy as other neighbors stood by. "I think they did an outstanding job," said Mike Ross
Michael Avery "Mike" Ross (born August 2, 1961), American politician, has been a Democratic member of the United States House of Representatives since , a Los Angeles Fire Department The Los Angeles Fire Department (LAFD), also known as the Los Angeles City Fire Department to distinguish it from the Los Angeles County Fire Department. It is the agency that provides fire protection and emergency medical services for the city of Los Angeles. paramedic par·a·med·ic n. A person who is trained to give emergency medical treatment or assist medical professionals. paramedic who arrived at the complex in response to the 1:24 p.m. call. "When we got there, the boy was conscious, awake and crying." The boy, who was not identified, was listed in fair condition at UCLA Medical Center UCLA Medical Center is a hospital located on the campus of the University of California, Los Angeles in Los Angeles, California. It is rated as one of the top three hospitals in the United States and is the top hospital on the West Coast according to US News & World Report. late Thursday. Williams said the two men were in their upstairs apartment when he glanced out the balcony door at the pool. "I saw a man pulling a boy out of the pool," Williams said. "He put him down, and was screaming, 'Whose child is this? Whose child is this?' " Glover followed Williams out the door and downstairs, where a small crowd had gathered near the boy. "They were just standing around looking at him," Williams said. "I went to him, I lifted up his head, started performing mouth-to-mouth." Williams first tried CPR Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) Definition Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is a procedure to support and maintain breathing and circulation for a person who has stopped breathing (respiratory arrest) and/or whose heart has stopped (cardiac on his own, but Glover then started applying pressure to the boy's chest on the count of three. Williams said he is seeking his high school equivalency degree. He said his mother and aunt had medical training and he took classes in lifesaving techniques as a youth. "I didn't really know everything, knew the basics," he said. "That's when Stanley came, he helped me. He pumped his chest, while I gave him mouth-to-mouth." They kept it up for three to five minutes. "His hand started moving. When I was blowing into his mouth, he started making noises, coughing," Williams said. "And then he started crying. He was all right." CAPTION(S): PHOTO Stanley Glover, 36, left, and Cedric Williams, 19, used CPR and mouth-to-mouth resuscitation mouth-to-mouth resuscitation n. A technique used to resuscitate a person who has stopped breathing, in which the rescuer presses his or her mouth against that of the victim and, allowing for passive exhalation, forces air into the lungs every few to revive a 4-year-old who was pulled from the pool at their Panorama City apartment complex. Tina Gerson/Daily News |
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