An off-duty paramedic has saved a boy’s life with the help of a lifesaving app after a barbecue fell on top him at an Adelaide home.
Two-year-old Grayson Garrad was blue in the face when his mother found him being crushed under the weight of the barbecue smoker in their Yorke Peninsula backyard.Volunteer paramedic Robert Davis saved two-year-old Grayson Garrad’s life after he was crushed by a barbecue. Picture: 7 NEWSRobert Davis was waiting in line for an ice cream cone when he received a notification from the GoodSAM app alerting him that someone in the area needed urgent resuscitation.
The GoodSam app alerted Mr Davis’s phone and within five minutes he was on the scene. Picture: 7 NewsMs Garrad said she could not be more grateful to the paramedic and the app for helping to save Grayson’s life.Ashleigh Garrad was so grateful for Mr Davis’s heroic efforts.
Responders are alerted when a cardiac arrest occurs within their local area and are instructed to provide CPR while an ambulance is dispatched to the scene. The app is used in South Australia, Victoria and NSW and is available to anyone with first aid training, registered health practitioners, ambulance staff and volunteers and some uni students.
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