Crime & Safety
New Milford Ambulance Corps, Police Work Together To Save Woman's Life
Paramedics arrived and kept the woman alive until she was given medications and she regained a pulse.
NEW MILFORD, N.J. — New Milford first responders saved a woman's life using CPR early Tuesday morning, authorities said.
The ambulance corps responded to call at 3:20 a.m. of a middle-aged woman who was not breathing, the corps said.
Police officers started administering CPR and continued until first responders arrived. Police gave the woman chest compressions while paramedics gave the woman air.
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Authorities got the woman out of the house and paramedics gave her medications intravenously and she regained a pulse.
The woman was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center, authorities said.
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"This was a wonderful job by all involved to save this patient's life," the ambulance corps said.
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