Watch Ga. Police Officer Perform CPR to Help Save Boy's Life

Body camera footage captured a Gwinnett County police officer providing chest compressions while an off-duty nurse performed rescue breaths to save the life of a toddler who stopped breathing.

Joe Vince

Sept. 5, 2025

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A Gwinnett County officer performed CPR on an unresponsive toddler while an off-duty nurse provided rescue breaths, reviving the child.
The 18-month-old boy regained a pulse and was taken to a hospital for further treatment.
Officer Ralph Mondesir had previously been honored with a lifesaving award for applying a tourniquet to a hit-and-run victim in 2022.

A Georgia police officer is being praised for helping save an 18-month-old boy's life after he suffered a medical emergency and stopped breathing.

The incident occurred Aug. 17 in Loganville when Gwinnett County Police Officer Ralph Mondesir was approached by an individual while the officer was completing paperwork in his cruiser, according to a department social media post. The person had told him that a toddler was choking and unresponsive, and Mondesir quickly to the scene.

The officer immediately began performing CPR compressions while an off-duty nurse performed rescue breaths. The boy's pulse returned, and he began breathing again before being taken to the hospital.

“The first and foremost (thought) was just make sure that little one was able to make it,” Mondesir told WAGA-TV. "I was nervous, at first, he wouldn’t have made it."

Mondesir had previously received a lifesaving award for applying a tourniquet to a hit-and-run victim in 2022.

This article was written with the assistance of artificial intelligence.

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Joe Vince

Joining Endeavor Business Media in 2018, Joe has worked on the company's city services publications. He began working at OFFICER.com as the assistant editor. Before starting at Endeavor, Joe had worked for a variety of print and online news outlets, including the Indianapolis Star, the South Bend Tribune, Reddit and Patch.com.