A young boy who saved his mother’s life has been dubbed a hero and rightfully honoured with a bravery award.
The nine-year-old boy Noah Mattani from Sydney’s North Shore was cool and calm under pressure while dialling 000 when his mother had a stroke.
He yesterday received the ‘Triple Zero Hero’ award after describing the moment when he had to make the life-saving call.
Noah was with his mum on the way to a swimming lesson when they pulled over. He seemed to instantly know there was something wrong.
“When my mum was parking she turned her head and then she felt something weird and then she started to feel a little bit worse,” Noah said.
“I saw mum’s parking and it was not very straight.”
“My dad called the ambulance and then they called my mum’s phone and they talked me through it.”
Noah told the 000 operator their location so an ambulance could make its way to them.
“They said can they ask me to ask her if she can smile and if she could put her arms up. I knew something was not right with her… I was scared.”
The Scots College Preparatory School student was quite humble about the whole thing – he didn’t even tell his brother or sister about the award!
Ambulance officer Kate Phippard was the first responder to the incident and praised Noah’s efforts in helping his mum.
“Noah gave us a lot of important information including where he was because he was not at his residential address. He was able to tell us the shops he was across the road from,” she said.
“He put the hazard lights on as instructed by the call taker and all those things made it much easier to find them at quite a busy time of day.”
“It was quite a serious condition and all those little things together made sure (his) mum’s treatment happened really efficiently.”
Mrs Mattani has made a full recovery from her stroke and is incredibly proud of her quick-thinking son.
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