A Wisconsin police officer’s quick response and recent training helped save a woman suffering a severe allergic reaction this summer.

Wisconsin Rapids Police Officer Ryan Schumacher was recently on patrol when a call came in to Wood County Dispatch for an allergic reaction. Hearing the urgency, Schumacher immediately responded.

“I’d overheard it on the radio, so I responded as well,” Officer Schumacher told WSAW. “She was not breathing, was seizing, and going through obvious distress due to the allergic reaction.”

Just days before the incident, the Wisconsin Rapids Police Department had begun carrying EpiPens after receiving training and donations from the Mueller Family, who lost their son, Andrew, to an undiagnosed peanut allergy. Their advocacy led to the department equipping officers with the lifesaving devices.

Schumacher said he’s grateful for the new resource and the community partnership that made it possible. “We’re thankful as a department and as officers that we have people in the community who are grateful enough to donate these things and help fund with these,” he said.

The department is now exploring the use of nasal epinephrine sprays, which could be stored more easily and expand officers’ ability to respond quickly in medical emergencies.