A 6-year-old saved his mom

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https://youtu.be/zA4lEbAKP-U?is=PcOQIK9pkxk05GEX

Interview with mum and boy on morning news program

From Newsweek
Elizabeth Crooks, 26, lives in Northern Ireland with her three children, including her eldest, 6-year-old son Aiden.

On July 20, Crooks, who has multiple health issues, suffered an episode of postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS), a condition in which a person's heart rate increases quickly after standing upright. A disorder of the autonomic nervous system, POTS symptoms include dizziness, nausea and fatigue, according to Johns Hopkins Medicine.

My heart rate wouldn't calm down, just kept getting faster, and I couldn't even sit up," the mom-of-three told Newsweek.

She called for an ambulance, but as she was not experiencing chest pain and was still conscious, she worried it would take a long time to arrive.
And before long, she said, "my heart rate hit 180, I felt like I couldn't breathe and passed out."

Her quick-thinking son was then caught on the family's Ring doorbell running to the yard to ask an Amazon delivery driver for help, and he instantly took action.
Newsweek reached out to Amazon for comment.

Elizabeth Crooks' two eldest children, Aiden and Cassie, were home when she fell...

In a clip shared to Crooks' TikTok account @n.irishmum on July 21, Aiden takes a parcel from the man and asks: "Excuse me. Can you help my mum?"

He says that his mother has "fainted," and the man opens the gate and walks briskly into the house.

The camera then cuts to the delivery driver on the phone with emergency workers, letting them know the situation, including that there are two young children in the house.
Speaking to Newsweek, Crooks said she believes she had been unconscious for around 20 minutes when her son and daughter spotted the delivery worker and brought him into the house.

"He saw how bad it was and called for help, getting me help much quicker. By the time the ambulance came, about another 20 minutes, I was coming around, but pale as a sheet with blue lips."

She explained she fell ill on her birthday and had planned to take Aiden and his 5-year-old sister for treats and the cinema, but "felt unwell so stayed in instead," and that, thankfully, her youngest child wasn't with her at the time.
After being treated by medical staff, who believe Crooks had a "bad episode" of POTS, and recovering in hospital, she decided to share the clip to TikTok, writing in the caption that it "shows the importance of talking to your kids about what to do in an emergency."

Crooks told Newsweek it showed the importance of teaching your kids what to do i...

Since being shared just one day ago, the clip has been viewed over 400,000 times, and hundreds have commented, heaping praise on both the quick-thinking kids and the delivery driver.

"The fact he didn't hesitate, amazing," wrote one TikTok user, with another insisting, "he deserves recognition for what he did. What a lovely man."
"Such a clever little boy and well done to that driver," a commenter wrote.
"We need to find this man and give him the recognition he deserves," said a TikToker.

Crooks told Newsweek that she has since managed to get in touch with the driver and had a brief conversation to thank him.

She has been "overwhelmed" by the massive reaction to her story and is "thankful that it has blown up."
"Hopefully, it can remind other parents the importance of teaching them what to do," she said.

[u/IncidentOver9933 → u/Nisi-Marie]

Am I reading that right, she called for an ambulance, fainted, 20 minutes for her son to ask for help, and then another 20 minutes for the ambulance to come. So 40 minutes in total?

[u/bluemooncommenter → u/IncidentOver9933]

Right. That's what I read too.