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<I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO, BUT I KNEW I WAS IN PAIN...> At 28 weeks pregnant - Jessica Gaudian was resting at home and suddenly realized something was wrong. <I CRAWLED INTO THE BATHROOM. I COULDN'T SPEAK. I COULDN'T TALK. I JUST KEPT YELLING FOR HIM, AND TOLD HIM YOU NEED TO CALL AN AMBULANCE. CALL 911.> <WESTCOM 911. WHAT IS THE ADDRESS OF YOUR EMERGENCY?> Within seconds her husband Alex - was on the phone. <MY WIFE IS PREGNANT AND I THINK SHE IS HAVING THE BABY RIGHT NOW...> Calm in a moment of sheer panic - he tells the dispatcher his daughter is born. <YOU'RE OK. YOU'RE OK. (YELLING) THE BABY IS ON THE FLOOR. (DISPATCHER) THE BABY IS ON THE FLOOR?> 10:46:44 JESSICA GAUDIANÑ <I LAYED ON THE FLOOR. MY WATER BROKE, AND AS SOON AS MY WATER BROKE IT WAS FOUR PUSHES AND I WAS HOLDING HER HEAD.> With two parents in shock - The dispatcher walks them through what to do next. <GENTLY WIPE OFF THE BABY'S MOUTH AND NOSE. WIPE THE BABY OFF WITH A CLEAN TOWEL OR A CLOTH. THEN WRAP THE BABY IN ANOTHER CLEAN DRY TOWEL, OK?> And minutes later - West Des Moines EMS arrives. <I SAID THAT IS A SMALL BABY (LAUGHS). VERY SMALL.> Lieutenant Jordan VanScoy had never had a two pound patient before - Until he met Clara Elizabeth. <WITH BABY BEING SO SMALL WE WERE KIND OF WORRIED ABOUT HER LUNG DEVELOPMENT AND ALSO MAKING SURE SHE STAYS PRETTY WARM BECAUSE AT THAT AGE THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO REGULATE THEIR TEMPERATURE AS WELL.> Whisking her into the ambulance - there was no time to waste. 10:52:28 JESSICA GAUDIAN - BABY'S MOTHERÑ <HE WAS JUST LIKE BYE MAMA, AND AT THAT MOMENT I WAS LIKE OK, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT HAPPENS FROM HERE ON OUT. SHE IS SAFE. IT WAS JUST LIKE THIS CALMING PRESENCE WATCHING HIM WALK AWAY.> <THE MOMENT THAT HE GRABBED HER AND WRAPPED HER UP IN THIS VERY QUICK, SMOOTH MOTION AND HE TURNED AND WE MADE EYE CONTACT AND I JUST STOPPED TALKING, STOPPED WALKING, AND I THINK I SAID THANK YOU, I DON'T KNOW. AND THEN JUST KIND OF WATCHED THIS SUPER HERO WALK OUT WITH MY DAUGHTER.> A super hero - transporting baby Clara in the fastest and safest way possible. <THIS IS WHAT WE USED TO SECURE HER ON THE WAY DOWN TO MERCY.> Once they arrived at the hospital - the NICU staff was ready. <IT FELT REALLY GOOD. WE PULLED IN. THE BACK DOORS OPENED AND THE WHOLE NICU TEAM WAS RIGHT HERE.> Thanks to so many heros - Clara is doing well. <SHE'S ALREADY GOT A PERSONALITY, AND I THINK IT'S A LOT LIKE MAMA. (LAUGHS)> Jessica finally got to hold her baby at one week old. And Clara is getting stronger every day - and is now almost 6 weeks old. <SO MANY EMOTIONS, I CAN'T EVEN PUT THEM IN WORDS YET. I AM JUST THANKFUL THAT IT WORKED OUT BECAUSE IT COULD HAVE BEEN A COMPLETELY DIFFERENT STORY FOR US.> A big part of that success story is one paramedic - with a passion for kids. <I LOVE ADVOCATING FOR THEM, BRINGING IN TRAINING, EQUIPMENT. THEY ARE MY FAVORITE POPULATION OF PATIENTS.> VanScoy is the Pediatric Emergency Care Coordinator for the department - an important job he took on after a tragic call - that changed his life. <ONE PARTICULAR SIX YEAR OLD ENTERED MY LIFE AND MADE AN IMPRESSION ON ME BACK IN 2016.> VanScoy wears a bracelet with tiny dinosaurs in memory of 6-year-old Wyatt Griffiths. Wyatt died after a car crash on I-235. VanScoy has now dedicated his life to saving children - in honor of the child he desperately tried to save. <STILL THINK OF HIM EVERYDAY.> With that grief comes moments of hope. Like reuniting with Clara's parents days after her emergency birth. <NOT EVERYDAY WE GET THOSE KIND OF OUTCOMES. SO THOSE ARE THE KIND OF OUTCOMES THAT MAKE US KEEP COMING BACK.> Unsung heroes this family will treasure foreve