By EMS1 Staff
LA CROSSE, Wis. — A teenager is being credited with saving his classmate’s life after performing the Heimlich maneuver this week.
High school freshman Ian Brown, 15, was at lunch when his classmate Will Olson started choking, reported USA Today. Video posted by the high school shows Olson coughing; although some students thought Olson was joking, Brown stepped in and performed the maneuver on him.
Brown, a police explorer with the La Crosse Police Department, used first aid training he learned through the program. He quickly reacted after watching the color in Olson’s face and neck change.
“I could’ve been dead,” Olson said. “I could be dead now. I’m thankful. I can’t say thank you enough for what he did.”
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