{"id":200646,"date":"2026-04-17T12:42:35","date_gmt":"2026-04-17T12:42:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/200646\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T12:42:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T12:42:35","slug":"fdny-firefighters-save-baby-after-performing-emergency-queens-home-birth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/200646\/","title":{"rendered":"FDNY Firefighters Save Baby After Performing Emergency Queens Home Birth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/202211-ped-fdny-senzamici-09___16114429170-e1776427062766-300x169.webp.webp\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-949658\" alt=\"\"   loading=\"eager\" decoding=\"async\"\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>FDNY firefighters saved the life of a newborn baby in Queens after performing an emergency home birth last Saturday, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>Members from Engine 277 responded to a 911 call for an imminent birth at a home on Myrtle Avenue on April 11.<\/p>\n<p>When they arrived at the scene, the baby was already being delivered.<\/p>\n<p>Firefighter Jeffrey Jovin, a former paramedic with experience assisting in childbirth, realized the newborn wasn\u2019t breathing and had no pulse, the FDNY said.<\/p>\n<p>Jovin immediately began CPR as another member assisted with ventilation until EMS arrived.<\/p>\n<p>Together with EMS, Jovin helped cut the umbilical cord and continued lifesaving efforts while rushing the newborn to an ambulance.<\/p>\n<p>At the hospital, the baby regained a pulse and began breathing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnce we got to the hospital, the baby regained a pulse and was breathing. It was a beautiful delivery,\u201d Jovin said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Queens Patch<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FDNY firefighters saved the life of a newborn baby in Queens after performing an emergency home birth last&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":200647,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[5855,9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":{"0":"post-200646","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-queens","8":"tag-mid-atlantic-region","9":"tag-new-york","10":"tag-new-york-city","11":"tag-nyc","12":"tag-queens","13":"tag-queens-headlines","14":"tag-queens-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=200646"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200646\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/200647"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=200646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=200646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}