Mother uses Siri to save year-old daughter while resuscitating her

Thanks to the Siri function in her iPhone, a woman from Cairns, Australia, was able to call an ambulance during an emergency when her one-year-old daughter suddenly stopped breathing.

As she ran to the child's room, her iPhone in hand, Stacy Gleeson dropped it while turning on the light.

Shouting at the handset to activate Siri she asked it to get the emergency services on the speakerphone as she started cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR).

Gleeson told the BBC she felt it might have saved her daughter's life.

She was able to call the ambulance and communicate with the emergency services while resuscitating Giana and.

Giana, who had been fighting a chest infection and bronchiolitis, had begun breathing again by the time the ambulance arrived.

The child made a full recovery, and according to doctors would suffer no lasting damage. They said, though, that every second had been vital.

The incident happened in March but the story had now gone viral after Gleeson contacted Apple, who alerted Australian news outlet 7News.

"As cheesy as it sounds I wanted to say thank you," she told the BBC.

"I've only had the phone since the start of the year.

"I had played around with Siri, I thought it was a fun feature. Now I have that feature turned on all the time and it will never be turned off again."

A teenager, last year, sought help from emergency services after his Apple Watch showed abnormal heart rate readings, which saved his life.

Apple had also applied for a patent for 'panic mode' on an iPhone, which can be used when the owner is in danger or feels threatened.