Phoenix Police Department's Sgt. Courtney Fink saved the lives of two babies in two separate incidents, days apart. Despite not having medical training, Fink said that her maternal instinct and previous work as a 911 Operator helped her save the two babies. Both incidences were caught in the police's body camera.
Saving baby number one
Fink was on patrol on November 6 when she passed a family huddled outside their apartment complex. When she asked what happened, the frantic family members cried that a three-day old-baby needed CPR as she stopped breathing while being fed.
Fink does not have formal medical training. However, her maternal instincts started to kick in as a mother herself. She rubbed the baby's sternum and rolled it back and forth. Eventually, the baby sneezed.
"Then I knew our airway was clear," the sergeant said. Fink also said that the bay's sneeze was the best sound ever.
Fick said that a baby not breathing is one of the scariest things that a human can deal with. When the baby sneezed, she heaved a sigh of relief as "It meant he was probably going to be okay."
Since then, Fink would visit the apartment building whenever she could. She does not know their names or understand their language, but she checks on the baby often, making sure that he is okay.
Saving the second baby
A few days after she revived the choking baby, she was again at the right place at the right time to save another baby in distress.
While on her patrol work, Fink was driving past a shopping center when a civilian flagged her to respond to a toddler having a seizure inside a department store.
Fink started taking off the baby's diaper and putting water on his core, body, armpits, feet, and neck to stabilize the baby. They then waited for the Fire Department to arrive.
Fick claims that she learned about cooling the baby down when she worked as a 911 Operator for the Phoenix Police Department after college. She said she would get similar calls that are then transferred to the fire department. Callers would be given instructions for first aid treatments while waiting for the paramedics to arrive.
After saving the baby from seizure, Fink and some bystanders who stepped in to help kept the toddler safe until paramedics arrived at the scene.
When the medic arrived, Fink ran into the man who had stopped her car earlier. She told him, "See? You were meant to be here, right?" The man patted her and said, "We both were."
When asked what about her being in the right place at the right time in saving the two babies, Fink said, "It's not a simple job; it's definitely not easy, but that's what we're meant to do. We're meant to help others."
