A six-year-old girl has saved her mum’s life by dialling 999 when she suffered a severe asthma attack that could have been fatal. Audio via NHS London Ambulance Trust.
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00:00 In that it's the ambulance, is the patient breathing?
00:02 No, kind of.
00:05 Tell me exactly what's happened?
00:07 I think my mum's having an asthma attack.
00:11 She's having an asthma attack? Is that your mum I can hear in the background?
00:15 Yes.
00:17 Yeah? How old are you darling?
00:19 Six.
00:21 Six, okay. We're going to help mummy, is she struggling to breathe?
00:24 Yes.
00:27 If you touch mummy's hand, does she feel cold and sweaty?
00:30 No, she feels very cold to me but she's saying she's very hot.
00:35 Okay, and has she got asthma?
00:38 Yes.
00:40 Yeah, does she have an inhaler?
00:42 A nebuliser.
00:44 Ah, okay. Has she used it?
00:46 Yes.
00:48 Yeah? Okay darling, hold on a second.
00:50 Darling, I'm going to stay on the phone with you until the ambulance can get there, okay?
00:56 Okay.
00:57 Just tell her that the ambulance is coming, okay?
01:00 Mummy's really struggling to breathe.
01:05 Okay, is she still awake?
01:07 Yeah.
01:09 Okay.
01:10 Okay mummy, I'm just thinking it's going to come in and see her.
01:16 Go to the door darling, I said they're coming outside. Go to the door, let me know if they're there.