A mother’s quick thinking and Apple’s digital assistant have saved the life of a little girl in Australia. Stacey Gleeson, a resident of Cairns, Australia used ‘hey Siri’ to call an ambulance for her one-year-old daughter when she stopped breathing.

Stacey dropped her phone in a panic when her one-year-old daughter Gianna stopped breathing. With little time to find the dropped iPhone, Gleeson relied on a new function that lets people call upon Siri without touching a button. She shouted at the handset to activate Siri and told it to get the emergency services on speakerphone as she began CPR.

She instructed Siri to call an ambulance on speakerphone. The built-in voice assistant was able to direct the call allowing the mother to be with her daughter, while she was able to stay on the line with emergency services.

Giana, who had been battling a chest infection and bronchiolitis, was breathing again when the ambulance arrived. The child made a full recovery and doctors have told Ms. Gleeson that there was no lasting damage, but that every second had been vital.

Stacey said that even if she hadn’t dropped the phone, she may have struggled to dial the number in the heat of the moment. “Saving me the trouble of having to physically dial emergency services was a godsend.”

This incident happened in March 2016 but the story has now gone viral after Ms. Gleeson contacted Apple.

This isn’t the first time Siri has literally saved someone’s life. In 2015, when a US teen was working under his 1998 Black Dodge Dakota, the vehicle suddenly collapsed. His left hand was pinned under the truck and no one was nearby to help. Siri activated on its own from his back pocket, allowing him to call 911 and get medical attention.