Family credits officer for saving toddler

SCOTTSVILLE, Ky.- A Scottsville police sergeant is being credited with saving a young life and it was all caught on his body camera.

According to the Scottsville Police Department, last Wednesday, officers responded to a call in the 500 block of East Poplar street for a 19-month-old boy not breathing.

Sgt. James Talbott, who was just re-certified in CPR training two weeks prior, administered CPR to clear the child’s airway.

Talbott accomplished that and the child was breathing on his own before EMS arrived.

Little Aiden has a medical history that no parent should have to deal with, but his mother said that doesn’t affect his bubbly, outgoing personality that she adores so much.

“His airway is underdeveloped for his age so, we’ve lost jobs because we’ve had to take him to Vanderbilt numerous times,” said Nicholas King, Aiden’s father.

The sound of a crying baby is not usually the cause for relief, but his parents said it is a sound she’ll never forget.

After the loss of a pre-mature baby girl earlier this year, this event was terrifying for both mother and father.

“When it’s your own it’s hard, especially when you’ve buried another one five months ago,” said Misty King, Aiden’s mother.

The child was taken to Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville for treatment and released that evening.

Sgt. Talbott was presented with a certificate of appreciation and has been nominated to receive the Scottsville Police Department Lifesaving Medal, which will be presented in May 2020.

Talbott said he was very thankful for his recent re-certification in CPR that helped give him the confidence to save the young child.

Aiden’s parents now are pushing for all police departments to re-certify their officers yearly rather than every other year in hopes that more lives can be saved.

Doctors are still not positive what caused Aiden to become unresponsive.