A THANKFUL mum has praised her quick-thinking son after he dialled 999 when she collapsed unconscious – three years after his older brother made a similar life-saving call.

Lisa Waddington has chronic kidney disease and on February 27 was suffering from renal colic, a severe abdominal pain caused by kidney stones.

The 40-year-old was at her home in Wilton Gardens, Radcliffe, with son Luke, aged 10, who was not at school at Cams Lane Primary because he was recovering from a back injury.

Lisa had called her doctor and was told to go to hospital, but as she waited for husband Darren to arrive home and take her to accident and emergency (A&E), she passed out from the pain.

Luke heard his mum fall, hitting her head on the wooden lounge floor, and immediately rushed downstairs and phoned for an ambulance.

Lisa said: “Luke was in a complete panic and although he was very upset and scared, he knew to call 999.

“The ambulance operator talked him through what to do and he checked my breathing, put a cushion under my head, checked I was not breathing and then held my head and cuddled me until the ambulance arrived.

“I just think it is amazing. I don’t know what I would have done in the same situation at 10 years old.

“He was incredibly brave, and I am so proud of him. He took control of everything straight away.”

Darren’s parents came to help Luke before the ambulance arrived, and Lisa spent six hours at North Manchester General Hospital with concussion while her pain medication was checked.

In October 2012, Lisa’s older son Adam, now aged 13 and a pupil at Bury Church High School, called 999 after he came home from school and could not wake his mum.

Afterwards, Lisa and 45-year-old construction worker Darren sat down their sons and told them they must always call for an ambulance if she passed out and was not coming round.

Lisa, who previously worked for O2, added: “Both my boys are incredibly brave and level-headed, and the support they give me is unbelievable.

“Not many children know about calling 999 – some of Luke’s friends have said they would not know what to do if they were in the same situation.

“This needs to be addressed. I hate the responsibility being on my children and it plays heavy on my heart, but it is so important youngsters know what to do in that critical time period.”