A QUICK-thinking seven-year-old has been honoured with an award for her life-saving actions after her mother collapsed.

Although she had never seen her mother Sue have an epileptic fit before, Eilish Way remembered being told about them.

So when the 43-year-old diabetic collapsed on the kitchen floor, the youngster's immediate response was to call an ambulance. Between sobs, she explained the situation to concerned ambulance staff and even managed to roll Mrs Way into the recovery position.

Now the schoolgirl, of Beverley Road, Redcar, has been recognised for her achievement by an ambulance service award.

Emma Murphy, the control room assistant who answered her call, said she may well have saved her mother's life.

"Eilish's mum could have easily died," she said. "If anyone saved her, it was Eilish."

Mrs Way said: "Although I had told her what to do, I never expected her to remember it.

"I'm really proud of what she did."