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911 calls released after child nearly drowns in Idaho Falls

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IDAHO FALLS – When a four-year-old boy was found face down and unconscious in Gem Lake Sunday afternoon, Alicia Galbreath, 40, and her brother Brandon Olsen, 37, were there to save him. However, several other people also came to the rescue and called 911.

EastIdahoNews.com obtained the 911 calls from the Bonneville County Sheriff’s Office. Listen to the calls in the clip above or read the transcript below.

In the 911 calls, multiple Bonneville County Dispatch officials responded and attempted to get in contact with the person performing CPR on the child.

Callers were watching from a distance, performing CPR and standing close by watching.

DISPATCH: “911, where’s your emergency?”
CALLER: “Gem Lake, a little boy is not breathing. He’s on the dock. There’s all these people around him trying to give him CPR.”


DISPATCH: “Can I help you?”
CALLER: “Yes, we’re right here at Gem Lake and we have a toddler, I’m guessing, three or four.”
DISPATCH: “Are you right there with him?”
CALLER: “Yes, ma’m.”
DISPATCH: “OK, is he breathing?”
CALLER: “Yes, ma’m, he’s breathing and conscious. He’s very blue.”
DISPATCH: “OK, did he just barely start breathing then? Or is he still having difficulties?”
CALLER: “We’re just trying to get some water out of his lungs.”
DISPATCH: “OK.”
CALLER: “He’s breathing, he’s on his side wrapped in a blanket, trying to get him warm.”
DISPATCH: “OK, but he is breathing?”
CALLER: “Yes, ma’m. We just still need an EMT down here.”


DISPATCH: “Hello, can I help you?”
CALLER: “Yes, we have an emergency out here at Gem Lake. There is a kid that was drowning. They got him out of the water, they’re trying to do CPR on him, but I don’t know if there’s anybody out here medically trained”
DISPATCH: “I need somebody to go down and make sure that they have—that the know what they’re doing”
CALLER: “There’s somebody already down there that—there’s a couple people down there that are on the phone already”

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