Surf LifeSaving

Four years of Nipper training proved a real lifesaver for a school girl from Port Douglas, QLD.

Baylie Fletcher is just 11-years-old and recently saved her mother from further injury following a seizure.  The courageous girl found her mother Tracey, 38, unconscious and face down in the family home.  Tracey, who had no previous history of seizures, had smashed her eye socket and cheekbone after collapsing on a tile floor.

The blood streaming from her mouth and nose could have obstructed Tracey’s airways.  But because Bailey is enrolled in the Port Douglas Surf Life Saving Nipper program and has often watched the first aid training of older surf lifesavers, she knew exactly what to do to save her mother’s life. 

Baylie began by rolling her mother into the recovery position.  After checking for a pulse, she started administering CPR and then called an ambulance.

QLD Ambulance and Mossman area director Warren Martin praised Baylie’s quick thinking, “She’s done an excellent job.  It appears her training has come to fruition in a real event.”

Of course Baylie’s mum couldn’t be more grateful.  “I’m so overwhelmed and proud about what she did and how coordinated she was,” Tracey Fletcher says.

Baylie’s family and the team at Surf Life Saving aren’t the only ones who are proud.  You should be too.  Your support helps to provide First Aid and surf safety training to up-and-coming Nippers like Baylie.   Thank you!