A Bronx hospital cop is being hailed a hero for jumping into life-saving action during a routine parking-lot patrol when a driver with a convulsing passenger wildly barreled into an ambulance bay.<\/p>\n
Sgt. Saira Flores, an eight-year veteran of North Central Bronx Hospital in Norwood, was performing a typical perimeter canvas of the site Jan. 5 when the motorist raced through the ambulance bay from the wrong direction.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhile he\u2019s pulling into the ambulance bay, I saw that [his passenger] was convulsing \u2014 his eyes were rolling back, and he was going back and forth in the car,\u201d Flores recalled, noting the telltale signs of a drug overdose.<\/p>\n
Bronx hospital cop Sgt. Saira Flores is a life-saving hero, officials say. NYC Health + Hospitals<\/p>\n
Flores administered the anti-OD drug Narcan to a convulsing man, helping to save his life. Giovanni Cancemi \u2013 stock.adobe.com<\/p>\n
The sergeant ran over and quickly administered a dose of department-issued Narcan to the convulsing man and radioed the emergency room to send medical staff.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are trained to render aid when necessary,\u201d Flores said of her heroic action. \u201cApplying Narcan \u2014 it\u2019s part of the training.\u201d<\/p>\n
The patient was transferred swiftly to the emergency department, where he regained consciousness \u2013 which hospital workers attribute in no small part to Flores\u2019 quick-thinking.<\/p>\n
\u201cSergeant Flores turned a routine patrol into a lifesaving mission, reminding us that in moments of crisis, one act of courage can change everything,\u201d said Jose Nunez, assistant chief of Hospital Police, North Central Bronx Hospital.<\/p>\n
Flores poses with an award. NYC Health + Hospitals<\/p>\n
Alfredo Jones, CEO of North Central Bronx Hospital, added in a statement, \u201cSgt. Flores\u2019s decisive action is an example of the high standard of care North Central Bronx Hospital Police officers bring to this community every day.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIn a matter of seconds, she recognized a life-threatening emergency, applied her training, and gave a patient the chance to survive this incident,\u201d he said. \u201cWe are proud of her many years of dedicated service and grateful that she was on patrol at exactly the right moment.\u201d<\/p>\n
Flores, who is slated to be feted with the hospitals\u2019 Good Catch Award, has already received a slew of other honors over her tenure \u2013 including several recognitions during Police Week celebrations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Bronx hospital cop is being hailed a hero for jumping into life-saving action during a routine parking-lot…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":288576,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[23552,1948,57,9,56,63,65,22198,64,104,129,58],"class_list":["post-288575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-drug-overdoses","tag-hospitals","tag-metro","tag-new-york","tag-ny","tag-nyc","tag-nyc-headlines","tag-nyc-health-and-hospitals","tag-nyc-news","tag-police","tag-the-bronx","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288575","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=288575"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/288575\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/288576"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=288575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=288575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=288575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}