Four-Year Old Saves Mothers Life.

Crumpet · Sep 13, 2009

A young north Queensland girl is being praised for saving her mother's life.

Four-year-old Alex Wood called triple-zero when her mum Rebecca Stanley collapsed on the floor of their Kirwan, Townsville, home with severe abdominal pain.

With only her twin brother and one-year-old sister by her side, Alex called the emergency line and spoke calmly to Queensland Ambulance Service (QAS) emergency medical dispatcher Leonie Richards for nearly 10 minutes until paramedics arrived to treat her mum.

"Alex was able to tell us her address, that her mother had collapsed and that she needed an ambulance right away," Ms Richards said in a statement.

"She listened carefully and was able to answer all of my questions. She really did a fantastic job."

Ms Stanley said she was extremely proud of her daughter and how she handled the August 31 emergency.

"I would hate to think what may have happened had Alex not learnt *triple-zero. She is my little hero and I'm just so proud of her," she said.

"My husband and I have been teaching our children about *triple-zero and I am so glad that all that repetitive learning paid off in this instance," she said.

QAS northern region assistant commissioner Rodney Walz said Alex was one of the youngest Queenslanders to call *triple-zero.

"It is unusual that we have such a young caller through the *triple-zero service and this really highlights the importance of teaching the emergency number to your children as early as they can understand it because you never know when they may need to use it," he said in a statement.
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*Triple-zero is the equivalent to 911 services.. it reaches police, ambulance and fire

Proves how mature young children can be.

Rayku · Sep 13, 2009

Wow, the mother was very lucky in this case because she could of died if her child didnt know what to do.

This was a blessing for the mother though, saved by her own Daugher.

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