A PLUCKY ten-year-old boy has received a bravery award for his quick-thinking actions when his mum went into a diabetic coma.
Bolton School pupil Jack Shaw has been given a special bravery award from the Greater Manchester Ambulance Service after he helped to save his mum Dawn when she lapsed into a diabetic coma.
Dawn was sitting on the sofa at their home in High Bank, Over Hulton, two weeks ago when her husband Martin realised she had fallen unconscious.
Jack ran to grab medication called Hypo Stop for his dad to administer to Dawn to stabilise her blood sugar levels.
But when the Hypo Stop did not work, Jack phoned for the ambulance, while his Dad placed Dawn in the recovery position.
Dawn said: "The ambulance people were very impressed with the way Jack talked to them. He stayed really calm and was very controlled. We were told they often get a lot of malicious calls from kids or calls from children who just go to pieces, so Jack's calmness really stood out.
"He was able to tell them what medicine I had been given and that I was unconscious but still breathing. It meant when the ambulance got here they were well primed."
Paramedics were able to revive Dawn at the house and within half an hour she had fully recovered.
While Paramedics attended to his mum, Jack prepared her some toast and a milky drink with sugar in it, which he gave to her when she came round.
Jack said: "I knew I had to stay calm so the ambulance could get to my mum as soon as possible. I knew if I started shouting they wouldn't be able to tell what I was saying."
Dawn, aged 38, who works in the cashier's department at the Royal Bolton Hospital said Jack was like a "mother hen" and was always asking her if she had taken her medicine and if she had checked her blood sugar levels.
As part of his reward, Jack was taken on a tour round Greater manchester Ambulance Service headquarters in Manchester and was shown around an ambulance and the control room.
The cool headed youngster also met Simon Williams, the call taker who received his 999 call.
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