Bristol Emergency Responders Revive Woman Using CPR, AED


Pads on an AED provided to Bristol Fire Company in 2013.
Credit: Tom Sofield/LevittownNow.com

A woman was revived by emergency responders during Friday’s snow in Bristol Borough.

Police said they were dispatched with medics to the 400 block of Market Street for a 51-year-old woman who had collapsed. Upon arrival, Sgt. Pete Faight and Officerย Mike Levitsky found the woman in cardiac arrest.

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Faight and Levitsky began CPR and used anย automated external defibrillator (AED) device. Members of the Bucks County Rescue Squad and Bristol Fire Company arrived and assisted, police said.

The woman regained a pulse and began breathing on her own, police said.

The woman was transported to Lower Bucks Hospital for further treatment.

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Last month, emergency responders in Middletown were recognized for saving the life of two men who suffered from sudden cardiac arrest.