A delivery that points to the skills of the 41-3 FR team
In mid-May, the first-response firefighters (FR) from Station 41, Group 3, received a first-response call. En route, the team members learned that the woman they had been called to assist was about to give birth.
They were the first to arrive on the scene. The woman’s husband greeted them at the apartment door. She was in the living room, having strong contractions very close together.
Mélanie Drainville, a firefighter eligible for the rank of lieutenant, and fellow firefighter Philippe Bergeron, asked the woman to lie down so that they could examine her. They found that her labour was very far advanced and the baby was about to be born.
Just then, the Urgences-santé (US) ambulance technicians arrived. The SIM team was relieved, but stayed in position, ready to help, given that the baby’s head was engaged. With everyone’s support, the woman delivered a son.
“Together with the US technicians, we clamped the cord and the father cut it himself. Everything went very well – it was a really beautiful experience, with terrific teamwork between the paramedics and the firefighters,” Drainville says.
Congratulations to Lieutenant Daniel Martin (41-3), to firefighter eligible for the rank of lieutenant Mélanie Drainville (41-3) and to firefighter Philippe Bergeron (41-3), on a job well done!
It’s a girl for the 44-4 FR team!
Back in May, right near the end of their shift, the first-response firefighters (FR) from Station 44, Group 4, were called to assist a woman having strong contractions. When they arrived at the home to which they’d been called and went inside, the firefighters found a woman in the final stages of labour. The FR team had little time to react, because the baby’s head appeared after just two contractions. Everything happened very quickly and the mother delivered a baby girl before the Urgences-santé ambulance technicians, who had also been called, managed to arrive. The FR firefighters, who were all deeply moved by the experience, left the scene around 7:30 a.m. They headed home for a well-earned day of rest that had started off with a heart-warming and very special moment.
Congratulations on the excellent work go to Captain Martin Richard (44-2) and firefighters Éric Martin (44-4), Philippe Lachance (44-4) and Martin Coulombe (44-4).
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