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Show Team effort saves Lay ton boy's life By GARY R, BLODGETT LAYTON A team effort between be-tween the Davis County Sheriffs Department emergency dispatch, paramedics and ambulance crew is credited with saving the life of an eight-month-old boy in Layton Thursday evening. "He wouldn't be alive today if it weren't for the cool operation of the emergency crews," said Lori Chapman of her son, Chase. "Everything "Ev-erything worked so beautifully and it could have been so tragic." It all started Thursday about 5:30 p.m. when Lori placed her son in the bathtub and turned on the water. Then the telephone rang. "I went into an adjoining room and talked on the phone for a few minutes," she said. "Suddenly I realized that I had left my baby in the tub with the water running." She said she rushed into the bathroom and found her son floating float-ing face down in a tub full of water. "It was horrible. I panicked and grabbed his limp body and ran next door. He was not breathing and had turned blue. I was petrified and didn't know what to do," she said. A neighbor, Dave Parker, took me inside and told me to call 911. The emergency call was received by Davis County Dispatcher Micalle Mann. She immediately gave the call to Dispatcher Karen Wright while she (Micalle) immediately immedi-ately dispatched emergency vehicles vehi-cles to the Layton address. Following is the recorded conversation con-versation between Lori and Karen: Karen: This is 911, may I help you? Lori: My baby's dead, my baby's dead. Karen: What happened? Tell me what happened. Lori: My baby has drowned in the bathtub (the mother sobs). Karen: Maybe he is still alive. What is your address? Lori: It's 248 W. 1050 N. Karen: What city? O CONTINUED ON PAGE 2 Layton boy survives CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Lori: In Layton. Karen: (Urging the young mother to calm down asked) Do you know how to do CPR? Lori: No. I can't do it. Karen: (asking if there was someone with her). Lori: Yes, Dave's here. Karen: Have Dave place the baby on his back on the floor and tilt his head back. Has he done that? Lori: Yes. Karen: Now use two fingers to open his mouth and have Dave give four quick puffs of air. Lori: Now what? Karen: Now use two fingers to compress his sternum. Now do it again. Lori: (Still sobbing) I think he'$ breathing. Karen: Then reach under his left arm pit and see if you can feel a pulse. Can you feel anything? Lori: I think so. My God I think he's going to live. Karen: Now put your head on his chest. Is his heart beating? Lori: Yes, it's beating really fast'. Sirens can be heard in the background. back-ground. The paramedics have arrived ar-rived and will take over the life-saving life-saving operation. The baby was given pure oxygen en route to the North Davis Humana Huma-na Hospital in Layton. There the infant was provided with more emergency treatment and held overnight for observation. The following day he was released re-leased from the hospital. Physicians Physi-cians said the baby is in good condition con-dition thanks to the quick CPR offered by the mother and neighbor as they followed telephone instructions instruc-tions from the dispatcher. "We're very fortunate to have Chase with us today in such good condition after such a near tragedy," said Lori. "Our heartfelt thanks go out to everyone who did such a great job of saving his life." Capt. K.C. Simpson, commander comman-der of the Davis County Emergency Emergen-cy Division, also praised all who had a part in the life-saving episode. epi-sode. ' ' Everything fell into place ," he said. He cited the efficiency of the dispatchers dis-patchers for their telephone line assistance in giving CPR and the quick response of the paramedics only four minutes from dispatch to arrival time and the 911 system sys-tem that is so effective when used properly. "This was a great team effort," he said. |