Newborn female with breathing difficulty after home birth, New Berlin WI


Emergency responders were called to a home in New Berlin for a newborn girl having trouble breathing shortly after a planned home birth. The baby was about 20 minutes old and appeared to be working hard to breathe, with a midwife present. The mother's condition was stable.
Audio|Source: Waukesha County Fire - West
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Transcript:
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Med 10, utility 10, pre-alert EMS, near South 130th Street, between West Cleveland Avenue and West National Avenue, New Berlin Fire Zone 4, timeout, 0847.
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The country unit here at 426 North Oak Crest Drive for probable fall for an 81-year-old male is conscious and breathing who fell in the bathroom as a cut on his head and arm but is now back in bed, he's an apartment.
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25 C is in Charles, 25C.
00:29
Yeah, it's Gabby.
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By attention 37.
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Copy, so you can clear engine 31 and support 37 available quarters, please.
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Copy support 37 in quarters.
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Copy support 37 in quarters. The 9-51, C-51.
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C-51. In the social media post to try to get the word out and accuse the public of what's going on.
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City Riverfield, Engine 22.
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Your right to 1-9-2-0.
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9-9-51. Town 51, standby.
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City Brookfield engine 22.
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You're watching 1929-29-5 Ashbourne Lane for Delta Level Fall, 89-year-old male's concentrating spell.
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He just had an arm and has a laceration.
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Front doors unlocked. He's with family.
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All right, D-Ey-Ey-Sk, go ahead.
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Dispatch, minute, 21.
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Thank you, sir.
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Appreciate it.
01:10
We just concluded their purging Operation Concord site.
01:14
They're going to be doing a little bit of aspirating, they said, which made...
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Crid, smaller orders, but nothing that significant throughout the day.
01:23
That's when you know, a patient.
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Cappy just figured to get the word out.
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This is a copy. Copy that sheet, thanks.
01:27
Question likes to time, 51, go ahead of through traffic.
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Just want to notify you that We Energy has concluded their purging operations at the Concord site.
01:33
They're going to be doing some small operations with the day that we might still get gas and I was.
01:37
We'll tell them as we receive them.
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Copy. Go ahead from the 22.
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Berlin Med 10 Utility 10.
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There's a near South 130th Street for adult level breathing problems.
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It is for a one-day-old female.
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The caller is a midwife, advising the mother has birthed the baby.
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They're 20 minutes post-birth, however, the baby is working hard to breathe.
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It was a planned-at-home birth.
02:00
They're making some concerning grunting sounds.
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The heart rate is stable, and mom's doing fine.
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Location mentioned:
Near S 130th St, New Berlin, WI 53151
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