emergency services

Three-week-old baby rushed to hospital following horror road accident

Three-week-old baby rushed to hospital following horror road accident

The car the baby was travelling in was hit by a Ferrari. A three-week-old baby has been rushed to hospital following a road accident in the English county of Cheshire. The infant was travelling in a car that was hit by a Ferrari just outside of Runcorn. Emergency services rushed the infant to a nearby hospital […]

3 years ago

How knowing your Eircode could save someone’s life in an emergency

How knowing your Eircode could save someone’s life in an emergency

Does your whole family know your Eircode? Before becoming a writer for HerFamily, I applied to become an emergency call operator. The application required us to take tests including pretend emergency call scenarios. It was during these pretend emergency calls that I really became aware of the stress operators go through trying to get an […]

4 years ago

Mother says emergency services refused to help when her baby was trapped in car

Mother says emergency services refused to help when her baby was trapped in car

This is shocking! A mother in America has said that emergency services refused to send help when her baby accidentally became locked in her car. The two-month-old became trapped in the vehicle when the doors locked with her mother’s keys still inside it. Panicked and not knowing what to do Lacey Guyton called 911 to […]

8 years ago