The North Summit Fire District is crediting a baseball coach’s quick actions with helping save a child’s life during practice Tuesday.
The fire district said the child was hit by a baseball at Henefer Town Park around 5 p.m. and was unresponsive.
A coach immediately began CPR, which authorities say made a critical difference.
Crews arrived minutes later, used a defibrillator to restore the child’s pulse and flew them to a Salt Lake hospital for treatment.
North Summit Fire said the incident is an important reminder of the importance of CPR and AED training.
Defibrillators can typically be found in high-traffic public buildings like airports, gyms, schools and government buildings and are marked by a red heart symbol with a white lightning bolt inside.
Nearby publicly-available AED devices can also be found through national registries online.
