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Categories: HEALTH

Spanish police emergency rescues

Entities: National Police of Spain · El Prat de Llobregat · Zaragoza · Police Local of El Prat · Hospital Sant Joan de Déu

Overview

In late July 2026, Spanish police were noted for rapid emergency interventions. On 24 July, officers in Xàtiva responded to a choking infant at the Plaza Mayor shopping centre, performing life‑saving measures and coordinating with SAMU to transport the child to hospital. A week later, on 31 July, police actions in two separate locales were reported: in Zaragoza, national police applied a tourniquet to stop bleeding from a teenager’s wrist laceration, and in El Prat de Llobregat, local officers used an infant‑appropriate Heimlich maneuver to clear a one‑year‑old’s airway, after which the child recovered in intensive care. These accounts illustrate a pattern of police‑medic coordination across different Spanish cities, handling both adult injuries and infant choking emergencies.

Timeline

  1. 4 days ago

    [HEALTH] 8 sources
    Spanish police rescue a teen and an infant in separate emergencies

    Police in Zaragoza used a tourniquet to stop a teenager’s wrist bleeding, while El Prat officers rescued a choking one‑year‑old with first‑aid, both saving lives.

  2. 10 days ago

    [HEALTH] 6 sources
    Xàtiva Police Rescue One-Year-Old in Plaza Mayor

    Xàtiva police revived a one‑year‑old who stopped breathing at Plaza Mayor, using emergency techniques before SAMU transferred her to hospital.

Sources

3cat24.cat · actualitatvalenciana.com · blog.xativa.es · deia.eus · diariodejerez.es · diariodezaragoza.es · es.catalunyapress.cat · konstfack.se · levante-emv.com · officialpress.es · technesstivity.com · telenoticies.cat · viladeroses.cat · vilapress.cat