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| Girl, three, calls 999 after pregnant mum falls down stairs | Girl, three, calls 999 after pregnant mum falls down stairs |
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| A three-year-old girl helped her heavily-pregnant mother call 999 after she fell down the stairs. | A three-year-old girl helped her heavily-pregnant mother call 999 after she fell down the stairs. |
| In the call, Emma, who was alone in the house in Somerset with her mother Catherine, told the emergency operator what had happened and where they lived. | In the call, Emma, who was alone in the house in Somerset with her mother Catherine, told the emergency operator what had happened and where they lived. |
| She told call handler Sarah Morris her "mummy was not bleeding but banged her head" and "has a baby in her tummy". | |
| Since the accident, which happened in November, Catherine has successfully given birth to Emma's little brother. | Since the accident, which happened in November, Catherine has successfully given birth to Emma's little brother. |
| Ruptured placenta | Ruptured placenta |
| Catherine, whose surname has not been released, needed to be taken to hospital after the fall. She had landed on her stomach and it is believed the impact started labour. | Catherine, whose surname has not been released, needed to be taken to hospital after the fall. She had landed on her stomach and it is believed the impact started labour. |
| Had she not been taken to get the drugs she needed, her baby would have arrived seven weeks early. | Had she not been taken to get the drugs she needed, her baby would have arrived seven weeks early. |
| Catherine had ruptured her placenta so if she had not got help, the medical emergency would have become far more serious. | Catherine had ruptured her placenta so if she had not got help, the medical emergency would have become far more serious. |
| Although Emma had not been told about dialling 999, her five-year-old brother had been learning about the emergency services at school and round the dinner table the family had a discussion with him about what to do. | Although Emma had not been told about dialling 999, her five-year-old brother had been learning about the emergency services at school and round the dinner table the family had a discussion with him about what to do. |
| Catherine said the family were amazed she took it all in and she had no idea Emma would know what to do. | Catherine said the family were amazed she took it all in and she had no idea Emma would know what to do. |
| During the eight-minute call, Emma told the operator she was looking after mummy, who "kept going to sleep" and promised to look after her and that she was cuddling her. | During the eight-minute call, Emma told the operator she was looking after mummy, who "kept going to sleep" and promised to look after her and that she was cuddling her. |
| She told Ms Morris the front door was unlocked and when the paramedics in "green suits" had arrived. | She told Ms Morris the front door was unlocked and when the paramedics in "green suits" had arrived. |
| Catherine said she was extremely proud of her daughter, who is now aged four. | Catherine said she was extremely proud of her daughter, who is now aged four. |
| "I do not recall a great deal about the incident, but by all accounts Emma was absolutely amazing and so knowledgeable and calm," she said. | "I do not recall a great deal about the incident, but by all accounts Emma was absolutely amazing and so knowledgeable and calm," she said. |
| "I think this highlights how important it is to teach your child how to call 999 because they are never too young to put what they've learnt into practice." | "I think this highlights how important it is to teach your child how to call 999 because they are never too young to put what they've learnt into practice." |
| Emma and her family were reunited with the ambulance crew and the call handler at a ceremony at Nailsea ambulance station on Wednesday. |