Los Angeles Rams defensive coordinator Raheem Morris recently saved a three-year-old child who was drowning in a Las Vegas pool. While Morris was relaxing with his family at the Encore Las Vegas, he saw a young child downing in the hotel pool. When the boy was pulled out of the water, he had no pulse, according to Morris’ wife, Nicole, who posted about the situation on her Instagram page. When the lifeguard began performing CPR on the child, Morris rushed over to see how he could help. “I saw people calling 911 so my first question was, where is the AED?” Morris told ESPN, referring to an automatic external defibrillator. Morris ran to retrieve the AED to help assist with the lifeguard. “When I got back, we had a doctor on site that was able to start the compressions. I was able to hand the AED to him, get it open for him, put the pads on the child, and he ended up being OK.”

Morris credited the Rams organization for holding CPR, AED and first aid training for all staff. The importance of knowing these protocols has been prevalent in the NFL after Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin collapsed on the field during a game after suffering cardiac arrest. “I’m just thankful I knew what to do,” Raheem Morris said. “You just never know when you’re going to need that stuff.”