Stephanie Bain, 29, believes little Finlay would have died if a Scottish Ambulance Service call handler hadn't told her how to perform a life-saving chest massage
A Scots mum who was forced to perform CPR on her five-week-old baby after he suddenly stopped breathing is urging other parents to learn vital first aid skills. Stephanie Bain and partner Gary Ferguson, from Caldercruix, welcomed little Finlay into the world three weeks early in November after concerns were raised about his leg growth.
Stephanie has now issued her heartfelt thanks to all those who helped save her son’s life and has urged all new parents to consider learning CPR. She said: “If it wasn’t for the ambulance call handler, paramedics and all the hospital staff, our son probably wouldn’t be here. I cannot thank them enough.
But they had concerns about his breathing and noticed he occasionally appeared to be ‘gasping’ for air. Recalling that terrifying morning, Stephanie said: “I’d fed him and had put him down in his next-to- me cot. I’d gone downstairs when I heard my partner screaming my name. “I wrapped him in a housecoat and started running to my mum’s house. She took over and started working on him. The ambulance crew arrived within 12 minutes and had him hooked up to the monitors and fully round about half an hour later.
“His heart kept dropping and they told us to get ready to say our goodbyes because they weren’t sure he was going to pull through in the next 12 hours. But then he started to do better.
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