Overview
- The mother went into rapid labor Sunday evening in the Rissen district, and the father stopped at an intersection to call the fire department.
- A calltaker from Hamburg’s rescue control center gave step-by-step instructions that helped the father deliver the child in the vehicle.
- Paramedics and an emergency doctor arrived after the birth, stabilized mother and newborn, and prepared them for transport in severe cold.
- A neonatal intensive transport vehicle with a warming incubator was used, and a pediatric nurse from the newborn emergency service joined en route.
- Both were taken to Asklepios Klinik Hamburg-Altona; officials said the infant was well, with the hospital expecting the baby to be moved from neonatal intensive care to the mother later that day.