Dispatcher Saves Child

Kudos to Charleston County (SC) EMS dispatcher Jennifer Thomas, who fielded a 911 call the day after Thanksgiving from a father after his 2 year-old son was found floating face-down in the family’s hot tub. Limp and unconscious, the boy looked gone. Co-workers dispatched fire units and an ambulance, and then Thomas began giving the father step-by-step instructions, the first time she’d ever had to give such critical instructions. The boy began spitting up water as CPR and rescue breathing was performed, and his blue color started turning pink. Thomas, who has an 18 month-old child herself, later met the family and introduced her co-workers: Chimere Myers, Jennifer Graham and Wendy Weber. Thomas told a reporter, “When we heard crying in the background, I just lifted my head and said, ‘Thank you God.'”