{"id":35683,"date":"2025-10-17T10:21:15","date_gmt":"2025-10-17T10:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=35683"},"modified":"2025-10-17T11:25:13","modified_gmt":"2025-10-17T11:25:13","slug":"student-paramedic-helps-deliver-lecturers-baby","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/?p=35683","title":{"rendered":"Student paramedic helps deliver lecturer&#8217;s baby"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-component=\"byline-block\" class=\"sc-3b6b161a-0 jdlrvG\">\n<div data-testid=\"byline-new\" class=\"sc-c4820dd1-0 cYDsPh\">\n<div class=\"sc-c4820dd1-1 jZKXfd\">1 hour ago<\/p>\n<p><button disabled type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Share\" class=\"sc-28fdc07f-2 sc-28fdc07f-5 sc-28fdc07f-6 dlYDVt diMtqv hnXVJa\"><span data-testid=\"button-icon-wrapper\" class=\"sc-28fdc07f-0 Fzgas\"><\/span><span data-testid=\"button-text\" aria-hidden=\"false\" class=\"sc-28fdc07f-1 jjqoAk\">Share<\/span><\/button><button disabled type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Save\" data-action=\"save\" class=\"sc-28fdc07f-2 sc-28fdc07f-5 sc-28fdc07f-6 hyMuGj gQfYWA jZyXEp\"><span data-testid=\"button-icon-wrapper\" class=\"sc-28fdc07f-0 Fzgas\"><\/span><span data-testid=\"button-text\" aria-hidden=\"false\" class=\"sc-28fdc07f-1 jjqoAk\">Save<\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span data-testid=\"byline-new-contributors\" class=\"sc-c4820dd1-11 bxdaHR\"><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sc-c4820dd1-7 dbQBRo\">Chloe Hughes<\/span><span data-testid=\"undefined-role-location\" class=\"sc-c4820dd1-8 evcqcz\">West Midlands<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><button disabled type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Share\" class=\"sc-28fdc07f-2 sc-28fdc07f-5 sc-28fdc07f-6 dlYDVt diMtqv hnXVJa\"><span data-testid=\"button-icon-wrapper\" class=\"sc-28fdc07f-0 Fzgas\"><\/span><span data-testid=\"button-text\" aria-hidden=\"false\" class=\"sc-28fdc07f-1 jjqoAk\">Share<\/span><\/button><button disabled type=\"button\" aria-label=\"Save\" data-action=\"save\" class=\"sc-28fdc07f-2 sc-28fdc07f-5 sc-28fdc07f-6 hyMuGj gQfYWA jZyXEp\"><span data-testid=\"button-icon-wrapper\" class=\"sc-28fdc07f-0 Fzgas\"><\/span><span data-testid=\"button-text\" aria-hidden=\"false\" class=\"sc-28fdc07f-1 jjqoAk\">Save<\/span><\/button><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<figure>\n<div data-component=\"image-block\" class=\"sc-3b6b161a-0 kSquvq\">\n<div data-testid=\"hero-image\" class=\"sc-5340b511-1 ilsLtA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/ce721040-ab3a-11f0-9f0c-8d8035e68521.jpg.webp\" loading=\"eager\" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 bGQwLJ\" \/><span class=\"sc-5340b511-2 lha-dta\">University of Worcester<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-3b6b161a-0 jdlrvG\">\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">Paramedic services student Elise Faragher had no idea her routine hospital placement would see her helping to deliver the baby of someone very familiar.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">The third-year student was at the Worcestershire Royal Hospital when her lecturer, Aaron Collins, and his wife Lexy, came in to have an elective C-section.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">Mr Collins had taught Elise anatomy, physiology, and all about what happens during childbirth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">&#8220;I was confused and shocked when I first saw Aaron on the day,&#8221; Ms Faragher said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-3b6b161a-0 jdlrvG\">\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">&#8220;I thought he might have come to visit me on placement, but I quickly realised that wasn&#8217;t what he was there for.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">&#8220;Once baby Luca had been checked, I tapped Aaron on the shoulder and asked if he&#8217;d like to cut the cord &#8211; a student doesn&#8217;t get to ask their lecturer that question very often.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure>\n<div data-component=\"image-block\" class=\"sc-3b6b161a-0 jHorPx\">\n<div data-testid=\"image\" class=\"sc-5340b511-1 ilsLtA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/grey-placeholder-2.png\" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 hagXkB hide-when-no-script\" aria-label=\"image unavailable\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/medexperts.pro\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/754b7930-aaad-11f0-8051-295629adf78e.jpg.webp\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"sc-5340b511-0 bGQwLJ\" \/><span class=\"sc-5340b511-2 lha-dta\">University of Worcester<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-3b6b161a-0 jdlrvG\">\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">Mr Collins, who has taught Ms Faragher since her first year, and she said they get on really well.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">&#8220;We have a lot of fun and jokes,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">&#8220;Aaron is very caring and supportive, and he has been there to help me gain confidence throughout the last few years.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"sc-f98b1ad2-0 fsBZby\">&#8216;Very professional&#8217;<\/h2>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-3b6b161a-0 jdlrvG\">\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">Since assisting with the birth, she has gone on to help deliver her first baby while on placement with the ambulance service.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">It was a &#8220;surreal moment&#8221; seeing her at the hospital, Mr Collins said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">&#8220;She was very professional and checked with us both that we were happy for her to stay, which we were,&#8221; he explained.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">&#8220;She did incredibly well assisting in a birth with her lecturer present&#8230;. it&#8217;s a situation that could have felt daunting, but she did everything she should have done.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">He added that Luca was doing really well.<\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-9a00e533-0 bJoRPJ\">&#8220;He&#8217;s hitting his milestones just as he should be, and he&#8217;s putting on weight nicely while giving us lots of laughs and babbles; everything a baby should be doing,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"links-block\" class=\"sc-3b6b161a-0 cnKFtO\">\n<div class=\"sc-666b6d83-0 sc-c4fb5674-0 hlYJSj fSRnmF\"><span data-testid=\"links-title\" class=\"sc-c4fb5674-2 kXSkGX\">More on this story<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"links-block\" class=\"sc-3b6b161a-0 cnKFtO\">\n<div class=\"sc-666b6d83-0 sc-c4fb5674-0 hlYJSj jbTOZE\"><span data-testid=\"links-title\" class=\"sc-c4fb5674-2 kXSkGX\">Related internet links<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1 hour agoShareSaveChloe HughesWest MidlandsShareSaveUniversity of WorcesterParamedic services student Elise Faragher had no idea her routine hospital placement would see her helping to deliver the baby of someone very familiar.The third-year student was at the Worcestershire Royal Hospital when her lecturer, Aaron Collins, and his wife Lexy, came in to have an elective C-section.Mr Collins had taught Elise anatomy, physiology, and all about what happens during childbirth.&#8221;I was confused and shocked when I first saw Aaron on the day,&#8221; Ms Faragher said.&#8221;I thought he might have come to visit me on placement, but I quickly realised that wasn&#8217;t what he was there for.&#8221;Once baby Luca had been checked, I tapped Aaron on the shoulder and asked if he&#8217;d like to cut the cord &#8211; a student doesn&#8217;t get to ask their lecturer that question very often.&#8221;University of WorcesterMr Collins, who has taught Ms Faragher since her first year, and she said they get on really well.&#8221;We have a lot of fun and jokes,&#8221; she said.&#8221;Aaron is very caring and supportive, and he has been there to help me gain confidence throughout the last few years.&#8221;&#8216;Very professional&#8217;Since assisting with the birth, she has gone on to help deliver her first baby while on placement with the ambulance service.It was a &#8220;surreal moment&#8221; seeing her at the hospital, Mr Collins said. &#8220;She was very professional and checked with us both that we were happy for her to stay, which we were,&#8221; he explained.&#8221;She did incredibly well assisting in a birth with her lecturer present&#8230;. it&#8217;s a situation that could have felt daunting, but she did everything she should have done.&#8221;He added that Luca was doing really well.&#8221;He&#8217;s hitting his milestones just as he should be, and he&#8217;s putting on weight nicely while giving us lots of laughs and babbles; everything a baby should be doing,&#8221; he added.More on this storyRelated internet links<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35671,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35683","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35683","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35683"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35683\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35688,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35683\/revisions\/35688"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/35671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35683"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35683"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medexperts.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35683"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}