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INVOLVED A WOMAN IN LABOR. JIM KEITHLEY HAS THE STORY. <JIM INTRO-14.57.09> “LABOR IN PROGRESS. IMMINENT DELIVERY. IMAGINE THAT CALL COMING INTO DISPATCH. A GROUP OF YOUNG FIRST RESPONDER EARNING THEIR STORK PIN AND IT HAPPENED RIGHT HERE IN THE FOOD CITY PARKING LOT ALONG ROUTE 4 IN TURNER.” <SOT-CHRIS BELLEFLEUR/TURNER EMT-14.35.04> “WE ARRIVED ON SCENE. WE WERE WAVED DOWN BY AN EXCITED MALE.” IT WAS LAST WEDNESDAY, ABOUT 2:30 IN THE MORNING. A HUSBAND DRIVING HIS WIFE WHO WAS IN LABOR TO A LEWISTON HOSPITAL TO BE BORN. THE BABY HAD OTHER PLANS. DISPATCH TOLD DAD TO PULL OVER. TURNER EMS TO THE RESCUE. <SOT-CHRIS BELLEFLEUR/TURNER EMT-14.35.10 TO 14.35.30> “WHEN I HOPPED OUT OF THE RESCUE, I GRABBED A COUPLE PIECES OF EQUIPMENT. I WENT OVER AND HE SAID HE COULD SEE THE BABY’S HEAD. I MADE CONTACT WITH THE MOTHER. INTRODUCED MYSELF, NOTED THAT THE BABY’S HEAD WAS CROWNING. FROM THERE WE WENT STRAIGHT INTO THE DELIVERY PROCESS. ONE MINUTE LATER, WE HAD A HEALTHY BABY GIRL IN MY HANDS.” CHRIS BELLEFLEUR AND ANOTHER EMT, SEAN CONNELLY WERE FIRST THE SCENE. 20-YEAR-OLD CAMDEN PACK, A TURNER FIREFIGHTER ALSO ARRIVED TO ASSIST IN THE TRANSPORT OF MOM, DAD AND BABY. THEY WERE EVENTUALLY TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. <SOT-CHRIS BELLEFLEUR/TURNER EMT-14.37.37> “MOM AND DAD WERE BOTH VERY GRATEFUL THAT WE ARRIVED WHEN WE DID.” BELLEFLEUR AND PACK WERE AVAILABLE TO CHAT ABOUT THE EXPERIENCE TODAY – CONNELLY WAS OFF ON ANOTHER JOB. <SOT-CAMDEN PACK/TURNER FIREFIGHTER-14.38.20> “IT WAS DEFINITELY MY FIRST OF COURSE. WE HAVE A LOT OF TRAINING HERE AS WELL SO THAT HELPS PREPARE YOU FOR THAT KIND OF CALL.” <SOT-LISA BENNETT/CHIEF OF TURNER EMS-14.46.37> “EVERYTHING WENT SO SMOOTHLY AND THEY DID A FANTASTIC JOB. IT’S DEFINITELY A CHIEF’S PROUD MOMENT.” EMS CHIEF BENNETT TOOK TO SOCIAL MEDIA TO TELL THE WORLD HOW PROUD SHE WAS OF HER YOUNG FIRST- RESPONDERS HAVE EARNED THEIR FIRST “STORK PIN.” <SOT-LISA BENNETT/CHIEF OF TURNER EMS-14.46.48> “WHERE AN AMBULANCE WILL GET A STORK DECAL TO PUT ON THE SIDE WHICH INDICATES THAT YOU HAD A DELIVERY. IF YOU HAD A GIRL DELIVERY, YOU’LL GET A PINK STORK. IF YOU HAD A BOY, YOU WOULD GET A BLUE ONE.” AND THEY’LL GET PINS TOO. <SOT-CHRIS BELLEFLEUR/TURNER EMT-14.44.43> “AMAZEMENT IS WHAT I WAS FEELING JUST BEING PART OF SOMETHING LIKE THAT WAS PRETTY – FOR A LACK OF BETTER WORD – PRETTY COOL IN MY OPINION, BUT IT WAS STRESSFUL.” <JIM TAG-14.58.14> “EMS CHIEF BENNETT SAYS SHE HASN’T HEARD THE PROUD PARENTS YET. THEY’D LOVE TO GE
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‘Amazement is what I was feeling’: First responders help deliver baby for the first time in grocery store parking lot
Three young first responders from Maine delivered a baby for the first time, a proud moment for the department.Officials said a man was driving his wife, who was in labor, to a Lewiston, Maine, hospital in the early morning hours of June 17. But the baby would not wait, so dispatch told the man to pull over, and he stopped in a grocery store parking lot.Turner Fire-Rescue was dispatched to the parking lot shortly before 2:30 a.m.Emergency medical technicians Chris Bellefleur and Sean Connelly were the first to arrive.”We were waved down by an excited male,” Bellefleur said. “When I hopped out of the rescue, I grabbed a couple pieces of equipment. I went over and said he could see the baby’s head. I made contact with the mother, introduced myself, and noted that the baby’s head was crowning.””From there, we went straight into the delivery process,” Bellefleur continued. “One minute later, we had a healthy baby girl in my hands.”Turner Firefighter Camden Pack also arrived to assist in the transport of the baby and her parents, all of whom were eventually taken to the hospital.”It was definitely my first, of course,” Pack said. “We have a lot of training here, as well, so that helps prepare you for that type of call.””Mom and dad were both very grateful that we arrived when we did,” Bellefleur said.”Everything went so smoothly and they did a fantastic job. It is definitely a chief’s proud moment,” said Turner EMS Chief Lisa Bennett.Bennett took to social media to tell the world how proud she was of her young first responders, who have earned their first stork pin. She also said the department’s ambulance will receive a stork decal to indicate that they had a baby delivery.”If you had a girl delivery, you’ll get a pink stork. If you had a boy, you would get a blue one,” Bennett said. “Amazement is what I was feeling. Just being part of something like that was pretty – for lack of a better term – it was pretty cool, in my opinion,” Bellefleur said. “But it was stressful.”Bennett said she had not heard from the proud parents as of Monday. She would love to get an update to see how mom, dad and baby are all doing.
Three young first responders from Maine delivered a baby for the first time, a proud moment for the department.
Officials said a man was driving his wife, who was in labor, to a Lewiston, Maine, hospital in the early morning hours of June 17. But the baby would not wait, so dispatch told the man to pull over, and he stopped in a grocery store parking lot.
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Turner Fire-Rescue was dispatched to the parking lot shortly before 2:30 a.m.
Emergency medical technicians Chris Bellefleur and Sean Connelly were the first to arrive.
“We were waved down by an excited male,” Bellefleur said. “When I hopped out of the rescue, I grabbed a couple pieces of equipment. I went over and [the father] said he could see the baby’s head. I made contact with the mother, introduced myself, and noted that the baby’s head was crowning.”
“From there, we went straight into the delivery process,” Bellefleur continued. “One minute later, we had a healthy baby girl in my hands.”
Turner Firefighter Camden Pack also arrived to assist in the transport of the baby and her parents, all of whom were eventually taken to the hospital.
“It was definitely my first, of course,” Pack said. “We have a lot of training here, as well, so that helps prepare you for that type of call.”
“Mom and dad were both very grateful that we arrived when we did,” Bellefleur said.
“Everything went so smoothly and they did a fantastic job. It is definitely a chief’s proud moment,” said Turner EMS Chief Lisa Bennett.
Bennett took to social media to tell the world how proud she was of her young first responders, who have earned their first stork pin. She also said the department’s ambulance will receive a stork decal to indicate that they had a baby delivery.
“If you had a girl delivery, you’ll get a pink stork. If you had a boy, you would get a blue one,” Bennett said.
“Amazement is what I was feeling. Just being part of something like that was pretty – for lack of a better term – it was pretty cool, in my opinion,” Bellefleur said. “But it was stressful.”
Bennett said she had not heard from the proud parents as of Monday. She would love to get an update to see how mom, dad and baby are all doing.
