A ‘hero’ eight-year-old boy saved his mother’s life with a calm call to 999 after she suffered a potentially fatal allergic reaction.
Little Ryan Reid called paramedics after noticing his mother Alicia, 27, was experiencing a serious case of anaphylaxis, leaving her unable to speak or breathe.
WHAT REALLY HAPPENED?
The mother-of-two had suffered the severe allergic reaction at her home in Kidderminster in August 2023 after being prescribed a new antibiotic by her GP, who had incorrectly diagnosed her stomach pains as UTI.
The audio of the call has now been released, in which the cool-headed schoolboy talks through his mother’s symptoms and gives the call handler her date of birth, address and date of birth.
He tells how his mother isn’t getting any better and that she is getting very hot before saying: ‘She just can’t breathe.’
Alicia said hearing the call back was an emotionally experience as she could not remember what had happened.
‘It just shows how calm he was the whole time. He did brilliantly and we’re obviously very proud,’ she said.
Usually ‘quiet and shy’ Ryan, now aged nine, didn’t need any help during the 999 call with Alicia saying her son had saved her life.
