Blount County first responders use teamwork to try and save children found unresponsive in bathtub

  • Source: WBIR-TV NBC 10
  • Published: 05/09/2019 03:00 PM

First responders from across our area came together this week to try and save two young lives. When a mother found her two small children unconscious in the bathtub of a Blount County home, it took paramedics and firefighters from several agencies to help treat them. "We train for everybody’s worst day," said Seymour Volunteer Fire Department Chief John Linsenbigler. "That’s our mission." Firefighters with the Seymour Volunteer Fire Department were the first on the scene. As more agencies responded, a team effort to save the children began. "Any kind of calls dealing with children, your mind goes faster and your pulse goes up," said Chief Linsenbigler. "One, two, three, four, five, five paramedics. Two advanced EMTs, three or four other EMTs all in line to do what needs to get done." Two ambulances raced to the hospital filled with paramedics and firefighters from multiple agencies.



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