Paramedics assist newborn baby en route to hospital
Two Emer-G-Med paramedics were urgently flagged down by EMPD on Old Pretoria Road just before 8am on Monday morning with desperate calls of a young mother giving birth.
Two Emer-G-Med paramedics were urgently flagged down by EMPD on Old Pretoria Road just before 8am on Monday morning with desperate calls of a young mother giving birth.
Thabang Lemphane and Keletso Matseane arrived at the location on the corner of Vlei Street and discovered the mother, in her early twenties, had already delivered a healthy baby boy.
“We immediately rushed to her with our stretchers and equipment to assist her and the baby. We had to secure the baby’s umbilical cord and load her on the stretcher to the ambulance,” Lemphane explained.
“Five minutes after having secured her in the ambulance, the placenta was discharged without any complications.”
The men of the hour followed standard procedure to ensure the baby’s and his mother’s health was prioritised.
“We made sure the baby was breathing, checked the skin colour and rate the baby’s condition on a score from one to 10. For normal babies we rate from seven and up. But for abnormal babies we score below seven.
“This was a perfect baby boy and the mother’s vitals proved to be stable,” Lemphane stated.
From his experience, the mother’s reaction was drenched with emotion all the way to Tembisa Hospital.
“I think she never expected this to happen to her.”
He explained the mother is technically homeless and that the baby was delivered outdoors.
“She was busy with her daily routine outside on the park terrain and that’s where it happened and where we found her.”
For Lemphane, the dynamic between him and his partner was on par for the hyper sensitive situation.
“All the way from Kempton to Thembisa we reassured the mother she was going to be fine and that we were on our way to take her to hospital.”
The boy is the first child born to the mother and Lemphane confirmed that a social worker met with her at the hospital in order to ensure a way forward for both of them to remain united and gain secure circumstances.
He felt confident that he left the mother in the right hands that would guarantee the best outcome for them both.
This wasn’t the first time Lemphane assisted in delivering a baby, as he caught his first baby in 2019 thanks to the leadership of a former partner.
“I was scared since it was the first time I experienced anything like that.
“The next big medical encounter I would like achieve in my career would be catching a baby of my own. It would be a tremendous honour to ensure the arrival of my first child.”
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