The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-02-29
COP CONCERNED
 OVER YOUNCSTER
Officer Who Helped Deliv. CT Tot Wishes He Had
 Emergency Training

Colchester, Feb. 29 - Comment ing Monday on his experience Sun. day night when circumstance! forced him to play chief role ir delivering a baby girl born in tht Colchester Community ambulance while he was driving the mother tt Manchester Memorial hospital State Policeman Ralph 0. Boying. ton said he wished he received some training for use in such ar emergency.
 If the child doesn't live" he said, T will always feel that il might have lived if I had been told more things to do and how to dc them in such a case. I heard today that they are giving the baby oxy- gen."
 At Manchester Memorial hospital it was explained that oxygen was being given the baby to increase its lung capacity, that its condition was fair and that it has better than 8 50-50 chance to live"
 A dense fog played part in mak- ing the ambulancse birth necessary Officer Boyington said. Soon after he started for the hospital from Colchester with the mother, Mrs. Gerald Ambeau, accompanied by a neighbor of the woman, Mrs. Ther- esq Reynolds, the fog closed in and remained dense for 12 to IA miles, slowing his speed, the officer ex- plained.
 As they were moving through Glastonbury, Officer Boyington said, Mrs. Ambeau, who has several other children, told them the birth was about to take place. The officer told her they did not have far to go to the hoSpitaN and asked if they should try to make 1t. She told him to continue but as they were driving up Main street in Manchester, Mrs. Reynolds announced excitedly.
 ''The baby is here. It's coming feet first. What will we do?"
 If you don't know what to do, how should I know" Officer Boy ington recalled that he remarked as he swerved the ambulance to the curb at Main and Charater Oak street. By the time he had moved from his seat to the ambulance cot, he said, the child had been born. He picked up the infant by the feet and spanked 1t gently until he heard it breathe and then let its breath out in 8 good, strong cry.
 That's about the only thing l knew about births. had read somewhere that when a newborn infant did not cry a little spank might induce it to breathe and cry, and so I tried it." said the offlcer.
 He wrapped the baby in a sheet, placed it near the mother and drove on to the hospital, driving to the ambulance entrance. Inside he found a phone, called the office and a nurse came in and took affairs in hand, he said.
 The community ambulance, Om- Ger Boyington said. is called for ell manner of emergencies but the one that worries drivers most are the maternity calls. He said he believes that @ nurse or a capable midwife should be required to ride with the patient on such cases and if that t found impossible, some training for use in such an emergency should be given those assigned to drive the ambulance.
 It was recalled that about a year ago another police of1icer from Col chester Barracks was called to drive a maternity case to a hospital and the birth occurred along the way, The ofdcer. State Policeman John F. Fersch, capahly performed the delivery, then carried the baby on his keens to keep It warm, while he drove the rest Of the way t0 ne