Elizabeth Corbett, 43, is calling for ambulance crews to be taught basic sign language.
Elizabeth Corbett was at work when she received a phone call from her children that their dad was unwellA deaf woman is calling for ambulance crews to learn basic sign language after paramedics were unable to tell her that her husband had died.
By the time she got home, paramedics had arrived but could not explain to Mrs Corbett what had happened.Mrs Corbett, 43, from Chellaston in Derby, eventually learned of her husband's death via a video call to her employer.Mrs Corbett said her children had thought her husband was kidding at first because he loved to joke
"At first the kids thought he was joking - because he was a big joker - but then they started to panic when they couldn't wake him up."The children were amazing, they performed CPR until the paramedics arrived. "Eventually I contacted work and the receptionist spoke to the paramedics who told her that David had died. So I found out over FaceTime that he had gone."Mrs Corbett, who was born without hearing, is now calling for all emergency workers to have sign language training and a fully charged iPad so that they can connect to a qualified interpreter instantly.
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