A PROUD mum says her three-year-old daughter is one in a million after the youngster came to the rescue when she suffered a blackout.

Patricia Hannington, 38, was standing on a worktop while painting the kitchen at her Clacton on Saturday when she suddenly became unconscious.

She fell to the floor and banged her head.

Luckily little daughter Sofia came to the rescue.

Her mum suffers from a medical condition which can make her heart beat too fast and her blood pressure plummet, which causes blackouts.

Patricia, from Clacton, had shown Sofia what to do in an emergency.

“I was on the kitchen worktop and felt unwell,” she said.

“I was trying to get down but had a blackout and fell. I was unconscious, but Sofia pulled the phone from the charger.

“I’ve taught her how to scroll up to use the emergency setting, even if the phone is locked. She knows to call 999 and that’s what she did.

“Sofia told them ‘My Mummy can’t wake up’. She said Mummy wasn’t well and was asleep and could someone come.

“They asked her to check if I was breathing so she put her hand against my face.

“They were talking to her for about 40 minutes until the police arrived.”

But the tot’s bravery almost turned to disaster when she gave the 999 operator her old address.

Patricia said: “She told them where we used to live so they went there and broke the door down before finding out we had moved.

“Luckily the place was empty.”

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  • TO THE RESCUE: Sofia knew exactly what to do when mum Patricia blacked out.

The police managed to trace their new address. By the time the emergency services arrived, Patricia had been unconscious for an hour.

She was taken to hospital and is now recovering at home.

“I feel like I’ve been hit by a bus,” she said.

“I ache all over but I’ve no broken bones – I was quite lucky.”

Sofia and her mum have now been invited to visit the 999 call centre in Chelmsford by police chiefs.

“I’ve no idea what would have happened if it wasn’t for Sofia,” added Patricia.

“I could have had a heart attack – it could have been bad. I don’t like to think about it.

“Now she keeps saying ‘I called the ambulance’.

“I’m so proud of her. Sofia kept them talking the whole time she was on the phone and they were so impressed with how brave and calm she was.

“I am the luckiest mum ever to have such a brave little girl.

“She’s my little angel – and she’s one in a million.”