An Alberta paramedic who unknowingly treated her own daughter after a fatal crash brushed away tears Tuesday as she remembered a beautiful girl who fought until the end.

Jayme Erickson was called to the crash north of Calgary on Nov. 15 and sat with a seriously injured girl who was extricated from the vehicle and taken to hospital, where she died.

It wasn害羞草研究所檛 until Erickson got home at the end of the day that she was met by RCMP officers, who told her the patient was her 17-year-old daughter, Montana.

Erickson shared her grief with reporters, describing her daughter as a success at everything she set her mind to, an avid swimmer who had aspirations of becoming a lawyer. Erickson expressed her wish that her daughter害羞草研究所檚 name lives on.

害羞草研究所淪he was a fighter and she fought until the day that she died and she was beautiful. She was so beautiful. If she ever put an effort into anything she would always succeed at it,害羞草研究所� said Erickson at an Airdrie firehall with family, paramedics, police officers and firefighters standing behind her in a show of support.

害羞草研究所淪he was a very funny girl and we all loved her very much.害羞草研究所�

Richard Reed, a friend and flight paramedic, broke down a number of times as he recounted Erickson attending the scene where a car had lost control and was struck by an oncoming truck.

Reed said the driver was able to get out of the car but the female passenger was trapped with serious injuries. Erickson was the first person on the scene.

He said Erickson knew the girl was in trouble and sat there until she was extricated and transported to hospital by air ambulance, still unaware of who it was.

害羞草研究所淥n her way back she expressed her grief and frustration to her partner, knowing that later a family would likely lose their daughter, sister and grandchild. A short time after arriving home, there was a knock on the door. It was the RCMP,害羞草研究所� Reed said.

害羞草研究所淥n entering the room, to her horror, she found the girl that she had sat with in the back of the crumpled vehicle keeping alive, so the family could say goodbye, and due to the extent of her injuries was unrecognizable, was Jayme害羞草研究所檚 own daughter,害羞草研究所� he added.

害羞草研究所淛ayme unknowingly was keeping her own daughter alive. As both a parent and a first responder, I can tell you this is beyond a nightmare that any of us could have conceived.害羞草研究所�

Erickson said her daughter, who 害羞草研究所渓oved fiercely,害羞草研究所� was able to accomplish one last selfless act.

害羞草研究所淢ontana was able to give one last gift. She was able to donate her organs and of her organs, two of them that were donated were life-saving,害羞草研究所� she said. 害羞草研究所淲e害羞草研究所檙e so happy that our baby girl is living on through others and she has in the wake of this tragedy saved other people.

害羞草研究所淲e know it害羞草研究所檚 what she would have wanted and we are so proud of her and we害羞草研究所檙e going to miss her very, very much.害羞草研究所�

Fellow paramedic Deana Davison spoke about the mental health challenges of the job. She said Erickson had suffered post-traumatic stress disorder after attending a horrific pediatric case, and became 害羞草研究所渇earful of every move her daughter made.害羞草研究所�

害羞草研究所淚ntense fear every day that the worst-case scenario would play out for Montana,害羞草研究所� said Davison.

害羞草研究所淭hese things stay with you forever. We are all just one call away from never doing this job again. It brings to light, once again, that this horrific nightmare could happen to any one of us.害羞草研究所�

A GoFundMe page has been set up to help the Erickson family with their expenses.

Bill Graveland, The Canadian Press

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