{"id":276482,"date":"2022-09-21T10:30:37","date_gmt":"2022-09-21T15:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=276482"},"modified":"2022-09-20T17:05:57","modified_gmt":"2022-09-20T22:05:57","slug":"baby-breathing-plane-nurse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/baby-breathing-plane-nurse\/","title":{"rendered":"When a three-month-old baby stopped breathing on a plane, a nurse jumped into action"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Last week, Alyssa and Devin McFall were traveling to Orlando for a family trip to Walt Disney World when they noticed their baby\u2019s lips were turning blue. Anjale, a 3-month-old baby girl, had no history of respiratory issues but had suddenly stopped breathing on the Spirit flight. Thankfully, a nurse was on the same flight and jumped in to help.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Nurse Tamara Panzino\u00a0heard a flight attendant announce, \u201cWe have an infant not breathing.\u201d When a follow-up announcement asked if there was a doctor on board, Panzino ran to the back of the plane to check on the baby. An OB\/Gyn on the flight also came to help.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Panzino explained, \u201cI had no idea whether the baby was choking, if the airway was clear. I did not know what I was dealing with. Saw an infant. The head was back. Blue lips and her skin turning blue. Clearly in distress. Not breathing. And my heart just dropped.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The retired nurse\u2019s years of experience took over causing her to hand the baby to her father to hold while she did, \u201ca sternal rub, kind of an aggressive shake of the chest. Get the baby to react by pinching it. Trying to make it cry or take a deep breath.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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