Polk County News
6A Polk County Itemizer-Observer • March 22, 2017
Baby: delivered in bathtub
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This student’s egg nearly made it through the drop.
Egg: projects apply
theory to reality
Continued from Page 12A
“My idea is that when it drops, the egg will sort of wob-
ble in the center, because it’s suspended,” she said. “Hope-
fully the egg won’t touch the ground and it will just stay
suspended in the middle.”
As her egg’s turn came and it fell to the ground at full
speed, it worked, just as Gallagher had hoped.
Craven said the project gives students a chance to apply
theory to reality.
“In physics, I’m all about teaching them to be better
thinkers so they have a happier, more successful life,” he
said. “I’m all about creating thoughtful, engaged, scientifi-
cally literate citizens. And this is part of that.”
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He said based on the in-
formation being sent by dis-
patch, the crew knew what
they were heading into and
were excited for the call.
“Mom did awesome; she
did really great,” McCallum
said. “She did all the work.
All I had to do was catch.”
McCallum said his train-
ing kicked in during the de-
livery, and afterward while
they checked to make sure
mom, Brandie Foster, and
Hailey were stable.
“I didn’t think about it at
the time,” McCallum said.
“Afterwards, it was like, holy
crap what just happened?”
Earlier in the day, Foster
was sent home from the
hospital because doctors
didn’t think she was far
enough along, McCallum
said. She decided to try to
relax and take a bath.
Hailey apparently had
other plans.
Father, Justin Haas, called
911, and dispatcher Rachel
Weston helped guide him
and Foster through the labor
until the crew arrived. Foster
still was in the bathtub, so
the crew delivered Hailey
right there.
“When I first got there, I
was able to ask her her name
and the history of the preg-
nancy, making sure she had
been taken care of prenatal,”
McCallum said. “I had a cou-
ple of seconds before she ac-
tually started delivering the
baby.”
She asked if she could
push, and he told her yes.
The process didn’t take long.
“There was no intense
labor. She pushed maybe
four times tops,” McCallum
said. “The baby’s head was
delivered almost immedi-
ately, and I just supported
the head.”
As soon as Hailey officially
arrived, mom and baby were
rushed to the hospital. Fos-
ter’s two previous children
had to be induced, so doc-
tors believed Hailey’s deliv-
ery would be the same.
“The hospital I think was
APRIL WELSH /for the Itemizer-Observer
Shawn Stamy, right, was named the Dallas Fire & EMS 2016 Firefighter of the Year.
quite surprised to see her
with a baby,” McCallum
“Everything went well. We
had a good team, good
teamwork, and got her to
the hospital.”
The department recog-
nized the occasion by put-
ting a second stork decal on
the ambulance the crew re-
sponded in. Hailey is just the
second stork.
McCallum, the Fire & EMS
crew, and Weston were re-
united with Hailey and her
family on March 8 at the de-
partment’s awards banquet.
“I got to hold the baby,”
McCallum said. “That was
awesome.”
Annual awards
Recently, Dallas Fire &
EMS recognized its volun-
teers. The following are the
2017 recipients:
• Firefighter of the Year —
Shawn Stamy
• Fire Officer of the Year —
Ken Waller
• Rookie(s) of the Year —
Zach Leigh and Deana
Coakley -Sallee.
• EMT of the Year — Kyle
Padilla
• Excellence in Service —
Ken Braun
• Community Service —
Joe Lawless and his crew at
Dallas Dutch Bros
Years of service awards:
Lisa Alarid, 25 years; Sean
Condon and Ken Braun, 20
years; Kevin Anderson, 15
years; Debbie Marsh, 10
years; Nicole Schmidt and
Taylor Brown, five years.
Training hours awards —
175 hours in 2016
• Eriks Gabliks. Shaun
Wagner, Richard Alarid,
Zach Leigh, Joanna Hibbeler
and Sheldon Schmidt.
Training hours awards —
125 hours in 2016:
• Lisa Alarid, Nicole
Schmid and Deana Coakley-
Sallee.
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