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4-year-old saves mum’s life

When he found his mum unconscious, he unlocked her phone and made a life-saving call.

This might add to the argument of why kids should be introduced to technology from a young age.

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When four-year-old Camden Vaughn found his mum Misty unconscious on Sunday night in their home in Dallas, US, he unlocked her phone and made a life-saving call to his dad, Dr Jeremy Vaughn.

Jeremy told Texas WFAA of his son’s call: “He said, ‘Daddy, I need you to come home! Mummy can’t get in the bath because she can’t wake up. And I said: ‘I’m on my way!’”

Misty believed she had a cold but she had passed out with a high fever.

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“It was reading 105 (fahrenheit, about 40.5 degrees celsius) on my thermometer, and that’s the last thing I remember.”

Camden

Doctors believe she suffered a seizure, and Camden’s quick-thinking saved her life.

Dr Ousama Moammar at Charlton Medical Center said: “Acting early and fast is really of the essence.”

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Misty is recovering well, and is incredibly grateful for her son’s quick actions.

Misty

“If my brain had continued at that temperature, I could not be the same here … the same or not be here at all for them,” she said.

“I feel like my trust in his responsibility has definitely increased.”

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