Tasmania(Australia), Sep 6 : A four-year-old Australian boy has helped save his mother from a medical emergency by calling an ambulance – just a day after she taught him how.
Monty Cocker dialled the national emergency number – 000 – on August 27, telling operators: “Mummy has fallen.”
“As we got to the address, he was in the window… waving to us,” said paramedic Mark Small.
Inside the house, Monty calmly helped the ambulance crew work out that his mother, Wendy, had suffered a seizure, the BBC reported.
His quick thinking made a huge difference, Smalls said: “Especially if you hit your head when you fall, or you have a prolonged seizure, it can be quite serious.”
Paramedics returned to the house in Launceston, Tasmania, on Tuesday to present Monty with a certificate of appreciation.
The afternoon before the incident, Cocker had explained to Monty how to call an ambulance from a locked or unlocked phone. She didn’t expect he’d have to use that knowledge so soon.