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April 5, 1985

SIRTH AND WE

News 985-2131

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RCMP constable rushes in to aid baby

A NORTH Vancouver mother can thank a
member of the RCMP for her baby’s life.

It all stems from the quick
thinking of Cst. Jean-Luc
Lemay when he was .con-
fronted with an infant who
had stopped breathing.

Lemay was investigating
an accident in the 4300 block
of Gallant Avenue last Fri-
day around 10 p.m. when he
noticed (wo women standing
further down the street who
kept looking at him.

While he was talking to
the complainant at the acvi-

dent scene one of the women
approached him, carrying a
baby. Lemay said the
woman asked for help, tear-
fully explaining that her
baby had stopped breathing.

“To was nervous. When |
first looked at the baby, |
was scared, He was hot. His
eves were wide open and he
was looking up at me and |
thought, ‘Oh, my God."

said Lemay.

Lemay said he immediate-
ly took the infant to a near-
by restaurant and called for
an ambulance,

“The baby didn*t look
well at all, He looked red in
the face and he was strugyl-
ing for air.’ said Lemay.

He placed the child stom-
ach down on his arm, sup-
porting the babs’s head ia

the palm of his hand, with
his face to the side. Then he
gave the child a few strong
pats on the back, receiving
some whimpers in response,

Lemay said he then prop-
ped the baby up 9 on his
shoulder and repeated the
back pats. At this point. the
child coughed up) some
mucous,

“When d first pur him on

THIS “YEAR'S skiing
‘season — one of the best f
on record on the local.

‘mountains ~—. is » ap-.

-proaching its end and.
with the spring break
from school, it’s a busy
one.

Mt. Seymour and
Cypress Bowl, being run
by private companies for
the first time, and Grouse
Mountain report. huge §
‘crowds in response to the: #
consistently thick coating §
of snow on iocal moun-
tains throughout the late
stages of fall and winter, -

my arm, | could feel a rapid
heartbeat, J had to repeat
the whole procedure once
more, then he started erying.
That's when the ambulance
arrived, ft only took them
about five miinutes to get
there after 1 called but it
seemed longer,’* said
Lemay, adding the fire
department arrived just prior
to the ambulance.