First Responders Help Save Missing Bellevue Woman

First responders from Bellevue and Redmond are credited with saving the life of a Bellevue woman who was reporting missing by her family on Friday.

According to a press release, the family of the 74-year-old Bellevue woman reported her missing on Friday afternoon. At about 7:30 p.m. that night, she was found disoriented by a passerby in the 14000 block of NE 87th Street in Redmond.

As two Redmond police officers responded, she went into cardiac arrest. The officers began CPR while a Bellevue officer retrieved a defibrillator. They continued efforts until Redmond firefighters and paramedics arrived.

All first responders worked together for over twenty minutes delivering CPR, additional shocks, medications, and airway control until the patient was transported to Evergreen Hospital in Kirkland with a sustainable heart rhythm. The patient is currently in critical condition.

Redmond Police are trained in CPR by Redmond Fire personnel and this call happened to reunite the actual CPR instructors with two officers they trained.

“Our thoughts are foremost with the patient and her family as we continue to await her condition,” commented Redmond Police Chief, and acting interim Fire Chief, Ron Gibson. “This situation exemplifies the importance of first responders working together across departments and city agencies, as well as the utmost importance of knowing CPR.”