Alert nurse saves baby on train
Quick responseGomathi, second from right, was quick to use CPR to revive the child.Special Arrangement
1-year-old suffered epileptic attack
Timely intervention by a nurse saved the life of an infant, who suffered an epileptic attack while travelling on a suburban train on Wednesday.
Around 7.30 a.m, G. Gomathi, a nurse at a private hospital in Ennore, boarded the suburban train from Gummidipoondi on her way to work. When the train reached Ponneri, Jayachitra and her one-year-old son Yuvanesh boarded the women’s compartment. According to Southern Railway employee Rajasekhar, an eye-witness, between Ponneri and Minjur, the child suddenly suffered an epileptic attack.
Terrified mother
“In a few minutes, the child’s eyeballs had rolled back and he turned cold. His mother began crying loudly, thinking her child was dead,” said Mr. Rajasekhar. Gomathi rushed to Jayachitra’s help and then asked a co-passenger, Sharmila, to hold the child upside down. “Then, I patted the back of the child few times and using the airway breathing circulation technique, blew into his mouth. In a few seconds, the child’s condition returned to normal. I pinched the baby and he started crying,” Gomathi told The Hindu .
Jayachitra and others in the compartment applauded the nurse for her life-saving intervention.
“I completed my nursing course four years ago and joined the private hospital in Ennore. They give us monthly training on first aid techniques, including airway breathing circulation,” said Ms. Gomathi.
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