Former Playboy Model Victoria Valentino Comes to Rescue in Shooting

Former Playboy model Victoria Valentino didn’t think twice after seeing a gunshot victim lying in her street … rushing to action and playing nurse until paramedics arrived.

Victoria tells TMZ … she was sitting in her Altadena, CA home Sunday afternoon when she heard what sounded like a bunch of quick firecrackers — cops say it was a shooting — and went outside to discover a neighbor down on the ground.

VV says the man had gunshot wounds, including one in his shoulder, and he was turning gray and going into shock … so she used her experience as a retired hospice and respiratory nurse, raising his leg to keep blood flowing to the heart and brain.

Victoria, the September 1963 Playmate and a Bill Cosby rape accuser and survivor, says the gunshot victim’s wife was by his side too … and they did what they could to keep him calm until paramedics arrived and took over. She says it’s just what nurses do.