Baby saved from suffocation by Cradle cyclist
Lennie Glasser is an avid cyclist who was at just the right place at the right time to save an infant's life.
Fate and good fortune intersected in the early morning hours of Sunday as Lennie Glasser set off for his usual weekend cycling ride with friends.
His bicycle soon had a flat, and after about 20 minutes of struggling to replace the tube, he told his friends to go on ahead without him, in the hope of catching up to them later. After a few more minutes struggling, he accidentally punctured the new tube and had to replace that one as well. After an hour of work on his bicycle, he was off again, knowing he had a lot of time to make up.
Taking a phone call from the group he was catching up to, Lennie stopped and lost another few minutes.
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When he passed by the Rhino and Lion Nature Reserve near the Cradle of Humankind, he noticed a stationary car by the side of the road.
Lennie soon heard a woman screaming, “My baby is dying, Someone please help!”
When he approached the vehicle he found an 18-month-old baby lying on the floor.
“The baby had both central and peripheral cyanosis,” he said, meaning that the baby’s skin, face, hands and feet had a bluish discoloration.
By this point the baby was not breathing and Lennie speedily implemented CPR. Another man soon arrived and helped with CPR attempts, and Lennie contacted Netcare 911 who very quickly arrived on scene. With another five to eight minutes of CPR by Lennie and the other man, the infant started breathing again.
Lennie wanted to emphasise how important it is for every member of the public to go for similar CPR training to that which helped him to save the child’s life.
Unfortunately it is still unknown who exactly the woman and baby, or any of the bystanders who assisted, were.
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