Lewisville police officer brings woman back to life

It was late afternoon on a typical shift for Lewisville police officer Jason Bewley when a call came in unlike any other he had taken.

At approximately 5:45 p.m. April 20, Bewley and officer George Nichols received an unconscious person call from dispatch to an apartment in Lewisville. Dispatch told officers that they had received two separate 911 calls from the apartment stating there was a woman inside who was unconscious and not breathing. Bewley was first on the scene.

"When I got to the apartment, I knocked on the door and the woman's boyfriend met me. He was in a panic saying 'She's dead, she's dead.' He walked me to where she was. I entered the hallway bathroom, and she was on the floor, completely purple," Bewley said. "I checked her pulse. She didn't have a pulse, and she was not breathing."

Bewley began chest compressions, approximately 30-35 of them. He said around the 30th one, he started gasping for air and began regaining consciousness. He said that even though he is CPR certified, that was the first time he had to give someone CPR.

"At that point, I wasn't trying to think too much. I went back to my training and focused on that. I tried to block out all my emotions," Bewley said. "Once she started breathing, I asked her if she was OK, but she wasn't able to speak yet. I checked for a pulse and found one. I don't know how long she was out before I arrived."

The Lewisville Fire Department medics then arrived on scene and took over care.

"They were able to completely bring her back. It hit me right then and there, and I realized the severity of the situation," Bewley said. "Going into that apartment, I didn't really know what to expect. We go by information given to dispatch and sometimes, they're not given a lot of information. But when we get calls like that, we're in a hurry to get there."

Bewley said he doesn't know the woman's status now, but said, "Hopefully it was a wakeup call for her to get some help."

During the June 4 Lewisville City Council meeting, Bewley was presented with a Life Saving Award.

"If not for Officer Bewley's quick response and immediate actions, this individual would have most likely died," said Chief Russ Kerbow. "On behalf of the city of Lewisville and the Lewisville Police Department, it is with great pride that I present you with a Life Saving Award."

"I thought it was an amazing ceremony. Just to be recognized and honored was a high accolade, and it felt really good," Bewley said. "This is just our job and what we do. I would have done it for anybody, and I would do everything the same."

Bewley is a four-year officer with LPD. He has been with the department his whole career. He said an incident in 2007 led him to be a police officer.

"My father died in 2007 in motorcycle accident. I was 28 and working for him in insurance. I realized that I didn't want to do that for rest of life. So after he passed away I did a lot of soul searching. I went back and forth on what I wanted to do," Bewley said. "Then I decided to try out for the police department. I made it and have loved it ever since. Every day it's different. It's a new challenge every day. I grew up in Lewisville, and I know the city and people from the department."

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