Police used a defibrillator to save a woman after she was in cardiac arrest.
By: Joseph Harvie
South Brunswick police officers revived a 49-year-old South Plainfield woman with a defibrillator after she went into cardiac arrest during a U.S. Postal Service retirement party at Pierre’s of South Brunswick on Georges Road on Saturday night.
Police said the incident was the third time in six weeks that officers used the defibrillator to revive someone.
The latest rescue occurred when Aurora Yedinak collapsed at the retirement dinner. After seeing her collapse, several nurses at the party began administering CPR and dialed 911, police said.
Within minutes of the call, Sgt. William Grischuk and Patrol Officer John Niper arrived and placed the automatic defibrillator on Ms. Yedinak, shocking her once, police said. The officers began CPR again and within 30 seconds they felt a pulse. Ms. Yedinak then began to breathe on her own and opened her eyes, police said.
The Monmouth Junction First Aid Squad and paramedics transported Ms. Yedinak to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick where she was listed in fair condition on Tuesday.
Police said that her husband, John Yedinak, said on Monday that he was thankful for all the help his wife received and said she should be released from the hospital in a few days.
Police Chief Raymond Hayducka said that saving lives is "directly related" to the defibrillators and the four new officers who hit township roads on Jan. 14, increasing the size of the department to 81 officers, the largest the department has ever been.
"This is truly amazing, the number of lives that have been saved over the past few weeks," Chief Hayducka said. "The added officers on the street, combined with the defibrillators, have made a tremendous impact."
In the other rescues, police revived Luis Negron, 55, of Lakewood, who collapsed while dancing with his wife at a Feb 18 party at the Four seasons Clubhouse on Georges Road in Dayton. Police said that two people at the party, one of them a doctor, performed CPR and dialed 911. Police arrived within minutes and used the defibrillator and were able to restore his pulse. Mr. Negron was taken to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick, and has since been released.
Police also revived a Kingston man on March 5 at a party at his home. Police were able to revive the man and he was taken to an area hospital, where he has since been released. Police said they would not identify the man or the details surrounding the event because it could not be cleared by his family.

