heart attack cpr

>> it's really just reaction. reporter: officer stephen bova didn't have time to think when he was called to a crash on exit 15 of interstate 89.

heart attack cpr, a woman had swerved off the side of the road after having a cardiac episode. she was unconscious not

breathing, no pulse bova quickly began cpr. until st. michael's emergency rescue came and took the her to uvm's emergency room. >> i remember it being kind of a real gloomy, rainy morning - and, you know, i didn't think the outlook was gonna be too

positive - she really was in kind of bad condition. >> much to my surprise, when i got up to the er, and into the room she was in, and she was very alive. reporter: leutenant michael cram says it's routine to check i after a rescue effort but not

common to hear something like this, >> the doctor then turned and told me the life-saving efforts of officer bova directly lead to her ability to fully recover. reporter: nbc5 news spoke with the womean involved in the crash.

she didn't want to be identified, but thanked red cross every day hero officer bova, the emt's and doctors that worked together to save her life. >> you know, thinking about the outcome and thinking it wasn't going to be too positive, and

then hearing that she's actually going to make a full recovery, was a pretty good feeling. reporter: bova says he's no hero just a police officer, doing his job.