A child’s life was spared this week thanks to the quick actions of Sampson County Sheriff’s Deputy Jorge Fernandez.

This past Sunday, Oct. 13, Fernandez and fellow Deputy Johnathan Dutton responded with EMS to a 2-month old child with an obstructed air-way on Trailer Park Lane. The call was originally dispatched at 4:25 p.m., as a cardiac arrest of a 2-month old child.

According to Dutton, the two deputies responded emergency traffic from Clinton to the residence. They arrived on scene before EMS. They house did not have any numerical markings so EMS passed the scene. Once the deputies made it there, deputy Fernandez leaped from his patrol car and ran straight towards the residence.