MILWAUKEE -- Milwaukee County Sheriff's deputies are credited with saving a 60-year-old man's life after he experienced difficulty breathing and collapsed in a courtroom Monday, June 11th.
One sheriff's deputy broke the man's fall and began CPR.
Other deputies cleared the courtroom and called for Milwaukee Fire Department rescue response.
A deputy retrieved an AED device from the sixth floor of the courthouse, and deputies alternated cycles of CPR and AED shocks.
The man’s pulse came back and stopped several times during this process, until emergency medical personnel arrived. The man was transported to the hospital and was admitted to the intensive care unit.