Top honours for four Wolverhampton police officers for saving man's life after suicide attempt
Four Wolverhampton police officers who saved a man's life after an attempted suicide in a public park have received national life-saving honours.
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In the afternoon of June 22 last year, officers were called to West Park in Whitmore Reans, Wolverhampton.
PCs Matthew Byng, Ryan Dean, James Greene and Daniel Richards rushed to the woods where they found a man.
They discovered that he had no pulse and was not breathing, but were able to get him onto the ground where PC Richards immediately began administering cardiac pulmonary resuscitation (CPR) while his colleagues called an ambulance and kept the area clear.
PC Richards administered CPR for around 11 minutes until an ambulance arrived.
Fortunately, the man began breathing again and was taken to hospital.
And, after saving his life, all four officers have been awarded Royal Humane Society Resuscitation Certificates and have earned praise of the society's secretary, Andrew Chapman.
"Fortunately they got there just in time and as a result of the CPR he was brought back to life," said Mr Chapman. "The officers did a marvellous job and richly deserve the awards they are to receive.
"CPR has to be started as soon as possible after a person stops breathing if it is to work and despite the circumstances in this case there was as little delay as possible.
"This is another of many cases we see which emphasise the value of as many people as possible, not just members of the emergency services, learning how to administer CPR. It can, as it did in this case, make the difference between life and death."
