Mother thanks paramedics who raced to daughter’s aid

Emergency: But it’s all in a day’s work for highly trained Perth crew

A Perth mum-of-two has sent a heartfelt thank you to paramedics who raced to the sceneafterher10-month-oldbabystopped breathing.

Catriona Grant was at home with her youngest child, Rosie, when the infant started having breathing problems just before 11am on Saturday.

The29-year-oldcalled999immediately and within minutes paramedic Irena Davidova and trainee technician Valerie Fairgray arrived at her home.

Msgrant,whodescribedtheincidentas “scary”, said: “I put in an emergency call asking for an ambulance because Rosie couldn’t breathe all of a sudden.

“The paramedics arrived within minutes but thankfully she had cleared her airway on her own in that time.

“Thecrewwhoarrivedweresokindand I just want them to be recognised for this. Theyspentabout30minutescheckingher over.”

Ms Grant, whose three-year-old daughterislawasawayatthetimeoftheincident, said she wanted to thank Irena and Valerie – both based at Perth Ambulance Station – for their “genuine kindness”.

She said: “Rosie is doing fine now. It’s veryscarywhenyourchildstopsbreathing properly, but the paramedics were so reassuring and thorough.

“They treated us with such genuine kindness and it really struck me. I want them to know how grateful I am.”

Lewis Campbell, Scottish Ambulance Service east regional director, said: “Our ambulance crews are highly trained in keeping their cool and dealing with these kinds of emergency situations.

“While this may have been a routine call for them, Irena and Valerie, the two paramedics who helped Ms Grant, did a great job – we’re grateful for Ms Grant’s thanks.

“I would also like to thank call handler Rebecca Jones and the dispatcher Andy Cocozza, who assisted in the incident.”

Catriona Grant with Rosie who stopped breathing.