Nurse Saves Newborn’s Life When He Chokes While Breastfeeding

When someone is a new parent, they will often tend to be a little overprotective and overly cautious of their little one, fearing the absolute worst at every turn. Although this “helicopter parenting” can be a little much, the following story proves why every new mom or dad should have at least one or two first aid tips in their back pocket.

As you can see in this story about an off-duty officer saving a tiny toddler with CPR, it definitely doesn’t hurt to have someone with life-saving training around when your child is in need. Luckily for 31-year-old mom Victoria Dawson, of Ruskington, England, she knew exactly what to do when her newborn son, Eddie, started choking uncontrollably after one week of being home.

The mother of two was breastfeeding her son, who was born prematurely and was only 4 weeks old at the time, when he began coughing and couldn’t breathe.

“I stopped the feed straight away at which point Eddie just became all floppy and the colour drained from his face,” Dawson told Lincolnshire Echo. “I then put my finger gently into Eddie’s mouth to see if there was any milk still there and gave him some firm but gentle back slaps but he was still floppy and I could see he wasn’t breathing.”

While Eddie’s father called for emergency services, his mother, a district nurse for Lincolnshire Community Health Services, laid him down and began performing life-saving chest compressions and mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.

“It was all very quick but felt like a lifetime for him to respond and for paramedics to arrive. Eddie was then given oxygen and his colour came back,” Dawson said. “He was kept in hospital overnight and we came home the next day.”

According to the Lincolnshire Echo, Dawson will be awarded on September 7th with the “Hero Parent of the Year” category in the St John Ambulance Everyday Heroes Awards after she showing extraordinary courage in saving her baby’s life using CPR.

See below to learn how you can save a newborn’s life if you are ever in such a terrifying situation.

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