Bodycam footage shows cop giving life-saving CPR to toddler

Confronting bodycam video has been released showing a US police officer giving life-saving CPR to a toddler who had stopped breathing.

The footage shows Los Angeles police officer Nick Ferara running in to help the unresponsive toddler at a police station.

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Los Angeles police officer Nick Ferara likely saved the baby's life.Los Angeles police officer Nick Ferara patted the baby on the back as the father splashed cold water on him.

He pats the seizing child on the back as the one-year-old's father splashes him with cold water.

Nick Ferara with the toddler and his father.

Ferara then performed CPR on the boy.

"Nothing in my mind said the baby was going to die so that kept me motivated but it was the scariest thing in my life by far," Ferara told NBC Los Angeles.

"Within moments the baby started breathing again."

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The toddler is now doing well and is expected to make a full recovery.

"I'm so happy for the family," Ferara said.

"I was glad I was there to help you."

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