For first responders, every second counts and when it's a child's life on the line, there's often added stress.
There are now new tools in place for first responders to save young lives on the Treasure Coast.
When 4-year-old Dominic Mancini of Hobe Sound was just 11 weeks old, he had a medical emergency.
“And I gave over this lifeless little boy, and it’s really scary," recalled Dominic's mother Karla Mancini.
First responders helped save the day then, and this week, the Mancini family stopped by their local fire station.
Karla Mancini is a nurse, and she wanted to see the newest emergency tool kit, called Handtevy , that Martin County is using for pediatric patients.
“It is a system that allows us to treat pediatric patients with the same confidence level that we treat adults," said Martin County Fire Rescue Bureau Chief Heather Crary.