A toddler has been credited with saving his mother's life
after he called emergency service following her sudden collapse last
month.
According
to reports, 2-year-old Riley Ward of Leicestershire, England, had the
presence of mind to call the United Kingdom's emergency telephone number
"999" in February when his mom lost consciousness in their home,
telling operators:
"Mummy's on the floor."
"All I
remember is the room getting smaller and smaller and then I opened my
eyes when I heard a police officer trying to kick my door down," Riley's
mom, Dana Henry, told the Leicester Mercury. I managed to get up and
open the door but then collapsed again."
Henry was rushed to the hospital, where doctors reportedly discovered a large blood clot and dangerous bleeding of her ovary.
"When
the surgeon came to see me the next day, she said she had never seen
anything like it. When I asked what would have happened if I hadn’t got
to hospital, she said I would have been very poorly," Henry told the Leicester Mercury.
Henry
said that she had long drilled it into Riley and his sister that they
should call 999 if they were ever unable to wake her. She says, however,
that she's still amazed that her little boy was able to follow those
life-saving instructions.
This week, the East Midlands Ambulance
Services, which responded to Riley's plea for help, has recognized the
toddler's bravery and quick-thinking, the BBC notes. Riley has been
awarded a paramedic teddy bear and a certificate.
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