LA Rams Coach Raheem Morris Helps Drowning Toddler In Las Vegas
In a moment of quick thinking Raheem Morris, the Los Angeles Rams defensive coordinator, helped a drowning three-year-old boy during his stay at a ritzy Las Vegas resort during Memorial Day Weekend.
According to ESPN, Morris and his family were at the Encore Las Vegas. While relaxing, he saw a young boy drowning in the hotel pool. The boy’s father plucked him from the pool and a lifeguard started performing CPR compressions.
Amid the chaos, Morris ran over to the situation and asked “Where is the AED?” Morris said to ESPN on Wednesday.
An AED is an automated external defibrillator that analyzes the heart’s rhythm. It can also deliver an electrical shock to help the heart re-establish an effective rhythm, according to the Red Cross.
Morris was able to get the AED, opened it and handed it to a doctor, who happened to be on site and was performing compressions on the boy.
The child ended up being OK. However, Morris’ wife, Nicole, said on Instagram that the toddler initially had no pulse.
But after the compressions and the AED, the boy was eventually transferred to the hospital. After 24 hours, the boy was discharged from the hospital, according to Channel 3.
As the summer months heat up, 911 calls about drowning incidents will most likely increase. According to a report by KTNV Channel 13, two pe3ople have already drowned in 2023. In 2022, 10 people drowned; in 2020, four people drowned and in 2019, eight people drowned.
Chief Operating Officer of the Los Angles Rams, Kevin Demoff, tweeted “An amazing story of quick thinking in the moment by Raheem Morris & grateful to Reggie Scott for training our staff on CPR & AED. Very possibly seeing the life-saving CPR Damar Hamlin received inspired our organization to get trained & saved another life. CPR & AEDs save lives.”
It’s often in moments of chaos that quick thinking and clear-minded actions can be the difference between life and death. Rahem Morris also gave credit to Reggie Scott’s CPR, AED and first aid training that helped him know “what to do.”
