9/11/23

A YAVAPAI COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPUTY RESPONDED TO A REPORT OF A ONE-AND-A-HALF-YEAR-OLD INFANT WHO WAS ACTIVELY SEIZING AND NOT BREATHING ON AN I-17 OFF RAMP IN CAMP VERDE EARLY FRIDAY MONRING. WHEN THE DEPUTY GOT TO THE SCENE, EMS HAD NOT YET ARRIVED, AND HE NOTICED THE CHILD WAS STILL NOT BREATHING.

HE ASSISTED THE PARENTS BY OPENING THE CHILD'S AIRWAY AND SHE BEGAN TO BREATHE. FIRE ARRIVED SHORTLY THEREAFTER. THE DEPUTY LEARNED THAT THE BABY, WHOSE PARENTS ARE FROM COTTONWOOD, HAD JUST BEEN RELEASED FROM PHOENIX CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL FOR BREATHING ISSUES.

THE BABY WAS AIRLIFTED TO PHOENIX CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL. THE STATUS OF THE BABY’S HEALTH IS NOT KNOWN AT THIS TIME.