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staff Sergeant Lamar Melvin . I'm from

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Newburgh new york .

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So we originally got the call saying

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that a baby had delivered a board of c .

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17 . So we responded , we basically

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came out , we had an ideal that we're

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just going to treat them all and make

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sure the baby was good and safe to go

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and bring them back here . So in the

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ambulance right ? And we have our

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supplies . Everything's happening so

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fast and I'm thinking of things to keep

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myself steady . So I'm just like if I

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delivered a baby in the car or if we

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assisted a baby in a car being

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delivered , why not on the plane ? So

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when we finally get out there , Captain

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Farmer rushes in the scene , has a mom

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going into labor already . She says

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that the mom is crowning . So she jumps

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in to assist . We start gathering

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supplies to make ivs major blue and

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rushes in . She goes ahead and get

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everything laid out for neonatal care

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just in case the baby comes out , you

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know not breathing or not properly

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functioning . So when the baby comes

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out baby is perfect , goes on mom's

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chest , N . C . Stars breastfeeding .

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Uh We go ahead and make sure that

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everything is taken care of for the

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after portions of the delivery load .

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The mama to the ambulance . I go ahead

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and get an I . V . Started on her , go

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ahead and Minister Pitocin and we try

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to get her here as fast as possible to

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get to the next echelon of care which

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was two alarm C . And they made it

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there safely .

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So normally working in the women's

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health field . Um it's more common now

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that there are a lot more males that

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are working in this particular field of

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professional medical care . So I don't

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often think about like me being a male

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when I enter a patient room , but due

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to this situation it is very important

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that we do be mindful of customs and

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traditions of other countries and for

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people that have different religions

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and so it was very easy for me to go

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ahead and drop back and wait for the

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delivery to happen and then jumping to

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assist after the fact once I know that

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mom was safe and covered ,

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so we have just responded to car

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deliveries before and so that in itself

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is a rush your dashing and make sure

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that mom and baby are good and so I

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just kind of had to keep that same

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mindset so that I can be calm and do

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what is needed for us to do is

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something that we do train for ,

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something that we are skilled at and I

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believe that every person involved did

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respond appropriately and make sure

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that everything was taken care of for

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the mom and the baby .

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So for me personally it is honestly a

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blessing and it's very humbling . Um

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I'm seeing all the different moving

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pieces out here and all the people who

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are dedicating their time and there's

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really no place that I would rather be

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doing the job that I meant to do . Um ,

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I always wanted to do something to make

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a difference . Healthcare is what helps

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make my difference , and this

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definitely is something that really was

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close to my heart , and the events that

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happened out there , I feel like are

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probably the best experience that I

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could have ever had in my career so far .