DENVER (KDVR) A baby was brought into the world outside of the Denver Health Emergency Department thanks to the help of a Denver police officer.
The birth occurred just before midnight on May 15. The Denver Police Department had three officers at the Denver Health Emergency Department, where they were responding to a call for service at the hospital. While there, they were approached by a vehicle.
Inside the car was a passenger actively giving birth. The officers tried to direct the driver to go up to the emergency room entrance, but a language barrier prevented the message from being understood.
DPD said that’s when the officers noticed the baby’s leg had already emerged.
One officer rushed inside to inform medical staff and get help, while another officer stayed with the patient.
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The Denver Police Department shared these images from body-worn camera showing an officer helping delivery a baby outside Denver Health. (Courtesy the Denver Police Department)
However, the baby wasn’t waiting for medical professionals. The officer who stayed with the patient “realized that waiting for medical staff wasn’t an option,” according to DPD, so he put on a pair of gloves and helped deliver the baby there in the car.
“When Corporal LaMere returned to the parking lot, Officer Andrews was holding the newborn, who was showing off an impressive set of healthy lungs,” DPD said in a Facebook post.
