Never have the waiting rings for a phone call seemed so long.
The Charente-Maritime firefighters published on Monday, on their Facebook page, a sound recording of a particularly moving call for help.
In this call which goes back to one night in August, at three o'clock in the morning write the rescuers, the 18 hears a father whose wife has just given birth by the side of the road.
As they took over the management of the maternity ward, the young parents were taken aback by the sudden birth of their child.
After having had the good reflex to first give his position, in the event of a telephone cut, on the national 11, near the town of Nuaillé-d'Aunis, we feel that the dad is worried.
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“I have the head (of the newborn, editor's note) in my hands.
He went out !
He went out !
», He repeats to the firefighter who proceeds to trigger his colleagues in the nearest barracks.
Despite the late night hour, the operator will bounce back very quickly.
"Is he completely out?"
He asks, knowing the complications and risks involved in a birth.
Except that the newborn does not seem to breathe on its own.
"You rub his back, is he crying?"
Asks the firefighter on the other end of the phone.
The father's response worries.
"Not yet," he retorts, his voice uneasy.
The operator of the 18 will then dictate from a distance the behavior to be taken to the young father.
"It's great, I hear him, he's crying!"
"
"You put his head in your hand, turn him face down on your hand and rub his back a bit okay?"
», He continues.
The father seems to understand what is going on.
We can tell his concern in his voice.
A handful of seconds pass, we hear the breathing of the parents.
They seem endless.
"There is something blocking his (respiratory) path," relies the father.
The rescuer invites him to slide his finger into the baby's mouth and "try to suck what is in his nostrils".
Before believing in a deliverance that will come only a handful of seconds later.
"I hear him, is he the one crying?"
», Tries to convince himself the rescuer.
"No no, he sucks there", finally retorts the very young mother.
As the firefighter repeats the instructions, he is interrupted by screams.
"It's great, I hear him, he's crying!"
It's brilliant… ”, relishes the rescuer, also tense.
With this couple by phone, they have just saved this newborn baby.
After some final advice on keeping the baby warm while waiting for the arrival of these colleagues, the firefighter can be heard congratulating the young parents and the heroic father.
They will be evacuated in good health to a hospital.
Birth by telephone with the fire brigade
[INTERVENTION] 👶Imagine, it is 3 am, you go to the maternity ward to give birth.
You are forced to stop on the side in an emergency because you feel that you will not have time to get there.
You dial 18, and ... the continuation on video! A moment of emotion that parents and firefighters are not ready to forget! "Thank you to the operator for his commitment, his kindness, his patience and its responsiveness. Our "adventure" made us realize how important the operators are as much as the emergency services arriving on site. The operators also save lives! We are very grateful. Many thanks, thanks to you our son is in excellent health. "
Posted by SDIS 17 on Friday, October 29, 2021
“A moment of emotion that parents and firefighters will not soon forget! ", Recognizes on its Facebook page the Sdis 17." Thank you to the operator for his commitment, his benevolence, his patience and his reactivity. Our adventures made us realize how much the operators are just as important as the help arriving on site. Operators also save lives! We are very grateful, many thanks, thanks to you our son is in excellent health ”, wrote the parents, who wanted to meet their savior.
On Sdis 17, around sixty operators receive 170,000 calls per year at the call processing center (CTA).
"We can go from a rather happy situation to a dramatic one," Lieutenant Thibaud, assistant at the CTA, explains to France Bleu.
The emotional reserve of each one takes care of the guards, months of years of work at the CTA ”.
There is no doubt that this operator must have returned home with the feeling of duty accomplished.
