A heroic McDonald’s worker sprang into action to rescue a baby who had a seizure as his mother entered the drive through.
Lily Kay was at the window at the fast food outlet in Underwood, Brisbane, when 11-month-old Benji Burgess began convulsing in the back seat and turning blue.
The 19-year-old immediately rushed out to help, realising the little boy was having a febrile convulsion because he was running a high temperature.
Heroic McDonald’s worker Lily Kay sprang into action to rescue a baby who had a seizure in the drive through
Benji Burgess’ mother Jodi was at the drive through when her little boy started having a febrile convulsion because he was running a high temperature
‘I had so much adrenaline going through my system. It was very overwhelming and scary to see him like that,’ she told Daily Mail Australia.
‘I was calm on the outside but I was panicking on the inside.’
Benji’s mother Jodi Burgess said Miss Kay got her manager Jacob to call an ambulance while she laid him on his side until the seizure stopped.
‘I have no idea what my next step would have been. I’ve done first aid courses but when you’re looking at your own kid and they’re blue and they’re seizing, I had no idea what was going on,’ Ms Burgess said.
‘I was just screaming for someone to call an ambulance. Lily was amazing.’
The 19-year-old immediately rushed out to help Benji when she saw him convulsing in the back seat from the drive through window
Ms Kay got her manager Jacob to call an ambulance while she laid him on his side until the seizure stopped
Ms Kay, who is working at McDonald’s while she trains as a paramedic, said it was a very hot day in Brisbane which pushed Benji’s fever over the edge into giving him a dangerous febrile convulsion.
‘He wasn’t getting enough oxygen because his muscles were contracting and cutting off his supply. It’s very serious for such a small boy,’ she said.
‘It might have only been five or 10 minutes before the ambulance arrived but it felt like a lot longer.’
Ms Kay put cold water bottles behind Benji’s neck and between his neck to cool him down and had Jacob shield him from the sun with an umbrella.
The teenager is a trainee paramedic but had never had to deal with a dangerous situation on her own before.
Ms Kay and her boyfriend Korey were invited to Banji’s first birthday party on Sunday
Triple-0 operators kept Ms Burgess calm while the young woman worked on him until an ambulance arrived to take over.
The quick-thinking teenager said she’d never had to deal with an uncontrolled situation by herself and her experience made her confident she could do it again.
Ms Burgess said Benji made a full recovery and she invited the boy’s saviour to his first birthday party on Sunday.
‘She was present in one of our scariest moments and had been so calm and professional, responding to an emergency situation and rescuing our little boy,’ she said.
‘I’m positive she was made to be a paramedic.’
Ms Kay was working at the drive through window of the McDonald’s in Underwood, Brisbane, when Ms Burgess pulled up