Powell County (Ky.) EMS Crew Delivers Baby in Back of Ambulance

POWELL COUNTY, Ky. (WKYT) - It's not a place you expect to give birth, but one woman in Powell County ended up giving birth to a baby girl in the back of an ambulance Sunday. Two Powell County paramedics and one emergency medical technician successfully delivered the baby girl while they were rushing the parents to the hospital. "She already had her clothes partially pulled off," said EMT Terri Patrick, "I told her, 'ma'am I'm going to have to take a look.' She said 'this baby is coming.'" The baby was coming out feet first, which sometimes requires a c-section. "One little purple foot sticking out and it's little toes were wiggling." With breech deliveries, there is a high risk that the baby will get stuck in the birth canal and lose oxygen, so the paramedics had to use extreme caution during the delivery. Read more...
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