A BOY SAVES HIS MOTHER'S LIFE BY CALLING 112

Teach children to identify danger signs, to call emergency service When this happens and you know your exact address, you can make the difference between talking about "a scare" or regret something more serious.

This has happened to Youssef, a nine-year-old boy from Madrid who, after his mother's fading, He knew how to act immediately by calling 112 and providing your data so that emergency services could come to assist you.

"My mother has not fallen asleep and has fallen to the ground"

With these words, the little one He alerted the emergency services by phone to find his mother passed out on the floor. The operator who answered his call asked him to give his mother a tap on the face to see if he woke up and the child acted following the signs with an amazing temperance.

However, there came a time when Youssef realized that his mother had hit the radiator in the fall and the presence of blood scared him. "Blood, blood, blood comes out!" - he shouted on the phone.

The operator reassured him, asked him to leave his mother and provide him with the address of his house to send to emergency services. Then he told him to go find some neighbor. Some time later, the boy called back to report that his mother had already woken up.

The events occurred on March 29, but the story we met a few days ago, when Youssef received a honorary distinction from the President of the Community of Madrid, by the way they act.

The operator who attended to him commented that the child had been an example to follow in this type of situation, communicating quickly and effectively what happened and providing the exact data to receive help

Youssef explained that what he did he learned on an excursion which he did with the school to a fire station, which taught him the importance of calling 112 when faced with a problem. And today he knows that his brave performance saved his mother.

Teach our children how they should act in case of danger

Recently, my son also had the opportunity to listen to firefighters at school, and the truth is that he came home excitedly telling all the things he had learned about How to act if you witness any danger.

And it is that this type of excursions or educational lectures that are taught in schools, are of vital importance, but so is that parents, from home, teach children to act in emergencies. Something as simple as knowing how to dial 112 (both from a landline and from a locked mobile) when the child identifies a serious problem, it could save a compromised situation.

As children grow older we can give them more indications to act in case of other emergencies, as well as help them memorize home address or phone numbers of a trusted family member or neighbor. But, while they are small, it will be enough to learn the three figures that can make a difference.