By Jeff Bessen
LIHerald.com
CEDARHURST, N.Y. — A busy afternoon for the Lawrence-Cedarhurst Fire Department became busier as firefighters responded to a home at 36 Maple Ave. in Cedarhurst on Thursday at 4 p.m. to a call for a 2-year-old not breathing.
Department Deputy Chief, Anthony Rivelli Jr., who is also a state certified emergency medical technician, responded within a minute of the call. “When I got to the infant he was lifeless — no respirations and no pulse,” said, Rivelli, who added that this was the third time in three years he was part of a life saving effort with the Woodmere Fire Department.
Immediately he began to clear the boy’s airway of a blockage and performed mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. A LCFD engine arrived on the scene and Lt. Moshe Bellehsen and firefighter Justin Caliguri assisted Rivelli.
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