WATCH: 10-week-old baby brought back from the brink by quick-thinking cops

The incredible moment a baby, unable to breath, was resuscitated by police has been captured in body cam vision. WARNING: Confronting

WARNING: DISTRESSING VIDEO

Never in his 30 year career had Sergeant Paul James performed CPR on a baby, but when a non-responsive infant was carried to the front desk of a regional Queensland police station, he didn’t have time to think.

The Duargina officer was in Gracemere, west of Rockhampton on the September afternoon 10-week-old “lifeless” Lucas was brought in by his distressed mother.

Body camera footage captured by one of the officers showed several police attempting to revive the baby after he stopped breathing.

Lucas’ mother attended the station at 4pm on Wednesday, September 2 after discovering her son was unresponsive, not breathing and turning blue in the face.

Officers can be seen performing CPR for about 30 seconds and talking to the baby as he struggles for breath.

A still from the video showing officers resuscitating 10-week old Lucas. The 10-week-old was presented to the station unresponsive, not breathing and blue in the face.

After a few seconds, the baby can be heard gasping for air and colour begins to return to his face.

Police continued to provide critical care to him until paramedics arrived.

“Hey cheeky! Look at you!” One of the officers is heard saying on the camera after Lucas began breathing again.

Speaking on Thursday, Sgt James said it had been a very emotional experience for officers involved.

“(In 30 years as a cop) I’ve never done CPR on a baby … but all the lessons and first aid comes back when that sort of thing happens suddenly,” he said.

“Thankfully, it’s a rare thing. A lot of it is muscle memory, you don’t think about doing it.”

Baby Lucas has since recovered and is doing well.

He was taken to Rockhampton Base Hospital and later flown to Queensland Children’s Hospital for specialist treatment.

He has since been diagnosed with hypothyroidism.

On Thursday morning, police and the family reunited, with Lucas doing well despite his very tough start in life.

Speaking from Gracemere on Thursday, Lucas’ mother said when she discovered her baby was “breathing in, but not out”, she knew something was wrong.

Living just up the road from the police station, the young mum made the decision to run towards help, instead of waiting for an ambulance.

“If I hadn’t lived where I lived, the outcome would have been so different,” she said on Thursday.

“I’m just so grateful someone was there at the time.”