Constable Duade Paton’s heart stopped 11 times before he was hauled back from the brink of death.The Nowra-based police officer suffers a rare condition which hit without warning last year and left him clinically dead.But due to the fast action of his wife Erin, emergency service workers and the support of colleagues, he has been given a second chance and is today working to forge greater links between police and the community.The first Const Paton knew he had Sudden Arrhythmic Death Syndrome (SADS) was when it almost took his life on July 27. SADS is a genetic cardiac disorder which creates an abnormality in the heart, causing it to speed up or slow down to the point where it can no longer pump blood. A death caused by SADS is sudden and without symptoms.Const Paton, 32, was at home, seated at a computer when trauma hit and Erin began the process of saving his life.‘‘Without warning, I went stiff and fell out of the chair on to the ground. I stopped breathing,’’ he said.‘‘My wife rolled me over and proceeded to do CPR. She was doing that for five to 10 minutes when the ambulance turned up. The paramedics used the defibrillator, the paddles, two or three times before they could get my heart going again.’’Const Paton was taken to Shoalhaven Hospital where he went into cardiac arrest another 10 times before being stabilised.He was airlifted to Sydney’s Royal Prince Alfred Hospital and spent the next six days on life support, then another two weeks in hospital, where tests revealed his condition.Const Paton had a defibrillator implanted in his chest, but it was delivered with some crushing news, that he would be consigned to restricted police duties.‘‘I’ve been pretty much restricted forever which upset me. You join the job to work the truck and be out there and do police work,’’ he said.Const Paton, nicknamed Constable Care for his people skills, returned to work in November and last month joined Project eyewatch, which operates through Facebook and brings the Neighbourhood Watch program into the 21st century.Since the Shoalhaven page was launched six weeks ago, he has added his own touch with pictures of the region alongside crime and safety alerts.‘‘I’ve now got an opportunity to help our police, providing a conduit between police and the community which is extremely important.’’