PATASKALA, Ohio (WCMH) — A Pataskala police officer is being credited with saving the life of a child who had cut an artery.
Officer Josh Buchberger always has tourniquets with him but had never had to use one before that day.
“Kind of just came out of nowhere, honestly; right place at the right time, really,” he said about the Dec. 11 incident.
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He was directing traffic in the Broad Street and Broadmoore Boulevard area where the road was closed because of a downed power line. A father came up to Buchberger saying he needed to get through because of his son’s severely cut hand. The boy was in the backseat. Buchberger said he could tell it was serious based on the father’s tone, then he saw the boy and hopped into action.
“When I approached the vehicle, I could see there was a lot of blood coming from the young man in the back seat and we probably had to do things then,” Buchberger said. “When I was able to see that young man, it kind of heightened things and just time to go to work.”