Middleton police officer helps save life of UW exchange student

MIDDLETON, Wis. — A Middleton police officer’s teaching — and being in the correct area at the suitable time — are currently being credited with preserving the existence of a UW-Madison trade scholar.

Siobhan Wren, a 20-calendar year-previous trade pupil from the United Kingdom, was out shopping final Friday when she abruptly collapsed off Century Avenue.

“I have no recollection of experience any sort of way that was not ordinary ahead of the incident,” she recalled.

1 of Wren’s close friends waved down patrol officer Cesar Salinas, who identified as dispatch to ship an ambulance.

“In my 11 years, I have under no circumstances had a particular person these kinds of as Siobhan being 20 decades outdated, young, match, healthier from what I know, go from talking to not breathing,” he stated.

Wren was rushed to UW Clinic with no recollection of the function. She was diagnosed with a cardiac arrest.

“I felt wonderful, but I was looking at this definitely surprising matter that had occurred and I just couldn’t actually place two and two alongside one another, and then getting informed that I had collapsed and my heart had stopped and had all of these significant clinical situations occurred to me,” she mentioned.

Salinas’ paternal instincts kicked in and got her her telephone to check out in with her loved ones throughout the pond.

“My principal aim was to get her back again her cellular phone, not as a police officer, but with my dad or mum hat on, realizing her mother and father had been in the U.K., that telephone is essential,” he mentioned.

It was a gesture that went the more mile for Wren, divided from her loved ones by hundreds of miles.

“Being equipped to FaceTime the folks I essential to FaceTime and the people today I wanted to see in serious everyday living is seriously what I required in individuals moments,” she explained.

Wren was still left with a emotion of consolation being aware of she was in fantastic treatment until walking out of the hospital on Wednesday.

“It’s not a great deal I can genuinely say it’s much more of a experience of just comprehensive and utter thankfulness,” she said.

Salinas said it is all aspect of his task.

“It’s just what we do,” he said. “With all of the people today in the area, it truly exhibits that it’s a workforce effort.”

Medical professionals had been able to set up a pacemaker in Wren’s heart that they believe will avert a related situation from occurring.

Photojournalist Bryan Troxel contributed to this tale.