May 23--Two Chicago police officers, one of them a rookie, saved the life of a woman who had stopped breathing at a Logan Square apartment building early Sunday, police said.
The Grand-Central District officers, a field training officer and a probationary officer, were called to the building in the 3100 block of North Milwaukee Avenue about 2:10 a.m. to help an emergency medical crew, according a news release from Chicago police.
The officers arrived before Fire Department crews did, and found the 27-year-old woman not breathing, "on the floor with a pale complexion (and) blue lips," according to a news release.
One officer, which according to preliminary information was the probationary officer, began performing cardiopulmonary resuscitation on the woman, as the other officer got everyone else out of the room and checked the woman for a pulse, according to the release. The rookie kept doing CPR until the woman started to breathe and fire crews arrived.
Paramedics took the woman to an area hospital, where she was stabilized, according to the release.
The officers weren't available for an interview Sunday afternoon.
