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The Lifesaving Award is presented to employees or Reserve members of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department whose actions actions result in the saving or preservation of a human life that otherwise would have expired without the employee's direct involvement.

DEPUTY QUOIA E. GRIFFIN
Century Regional Detention Facility

On January 8, 2011, Deputy Quoia Griffin, assigned to the Century Regional Detention Facility, was alerted to an inmate who appeared to be in great distress and was having difficulty breathing. Recognizing the inmate was choking, Deputy Griffin immediately began to perform the Heimlich maneuver until the inmate was able to breathe normally. The inmate later remarked that without Deputy Griffin’s intervention, she surely would not have survived.

For her lifesaving actions, Deputy Griffin is presented the Lifesaving Award.



DEPUTY MICHAEL J. ALLEN
DEPUTY BARRY M. POLTORAK
Compton Sheriff's Station

On December 23, 2010, Deputies Michael Allen and Barry Poltorak, while assigned to Compton Station, responded to a call of an infant not breathing. Upon arriving at the residence, the deputies found the infant on the floor surrounded by distressed family members.

Without hesitation, Deputies Allen and Poltorak worked as a team to conduct an airway assessment and deliver back strikes, which caused the infant to breathe and his skin color to return to normal. The child was transported to a hospital and eventually made a full recovery.

For their lifesaving actions, Deputies Allen and Poltorak are presented the Lifesaving Award.



DEPUTY SALVADOR ESQUIVEL
DEPUTY EDWARD C. ROBLES
Compton Sheriff's Station

On July 23, 2010, Deputies Salvador Esquivel and Edward Robles, assigned to Compton Station, responded to a call involving a man who had fallen in his shower and was not breathing.

Deputies lifted the man out of the shower and onto the floor, then checked for a pulse. Realizing he did not have one, Deputies Esquivel and Robles took turns conducting chest compressions for over four minutes, until the arrival of paramedics.

Paramedics later determined the man had been in cardiac arrest and without the deputies’ quick response and immediate efforts, the man would not have survived.

For their lifesaving actions, Deputies Esquivel and Robles are presented the Lifesaving Award.






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