911 Dispatcher Saves Infant Son's Life

Panicked mother Janna Scott said she was freaking out when she called 911 from her Lacey home last week to get help for her choking infant son, Jacob.

A familiar voice answered the line that of her 23-year-old husband, Chris, an Iraq War veteran now in the final stages of his training as an emergency dispatcher in Thurston County.

My first words were, Chris, hes choking, she said.

Coolly and calmly, Chris talked his wife through the proper protocols for what to do.

Janna Scott said 6-month-old Jacobs eyes were rolling to the back of his head when she made the call. She added that Jacob probably wasnt breathing for about a minute and a half before she followed her husbands instructions to put him on his stomach and tap him on the back five times between his shoulder blades to clear his airway.

It was scary, she said.

Chris, who left Iraq in September after a one-year deployment as a tank crew member with the Marine Reserves, said its in his nature to remain calm under stress.

Thats just my personality, he said.

But the Yelm High School graduate who grew up in the Olympia area said that inside, he became scared as he had the dawning realization that he was taking an emergency 911 call from his wife and that the person in danger was their son.

My heart was pounding, he said. My hands were a little bit shaky.

Chris said he referred to instructions on what to do in cases involving a choking baby and read them to Janna standard protocol for dispatchers. He also sent emergency responders to their address.

Credit goes to The Olympian for the information provided above and credit to the Thurston County Department of Communications for providing the 911 audio call

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[iglakdfac]

maybe since they are married the wife really knows the voice of her husband that she knows immediately its her husband..

[GothicVampira]

She did an amazing job. Sometimes we don't know our own strength.

[Purrrsuasive1]

@wilburton911 It was her husband too!

[wilburton911]

im a 911 operator and this guy was AWESOME! calm and collected! great job bro!

[TheTitan1998]

wow! it's amazing how 911 Dispatcher knows lots off stuff.

[trijess911]

I know the family. It was not set up.  It was a horrible moment that ended happily.

[stellatoma]

@aznseattle what a dumb thing to say

[aznseattle]

These people set this crap up.