Life Saving Incident

( Taken from the San Diego newspaper account) "Over the telephone the police received information that a man and woman had been found unconscious, overcome by gas in the barber shop and watch repair located at 1212 Weatherbee Street. Patroman Paul Plaisted, on duty at the station at the time, seized the bag containing the Pulmonator and hurried to the scene. On the floor in a little hallway adjoining the shop lay P.P. Shellberg and Mrs. M. Johnson the barber, both unconscious. The fumes of gas which had rendered the couple insensible had been detected by roomers above the shop who had called the police. Plaisted turned his attention to Shellberg and found that to all appearances the man was dead. There was not a movement of the body, nor was there a pulse. The woman breathed slightly. Taking the man in hand Plaisted hastily arranged the Pulmonator and the machine began pumping oxygen into the man's lungs and withdrawing the same with regular action". Plaisted was able to bring the subject back to life and the subject recovered later in the hospital. The woman also recovered. Plaisted's use of the "Pulmonator" saved the man's life. Plaisted was trained in what today would be similar to and EMT.