Choking
You are dispatched to a restaurant for a report of a man choking
HELP training is a new program offered to houses of worship and religious community groups
“I started doing what we learned,” said Giselle Torres, a student in an EMS class at the Careerline Tech Center
Middletown Firefighter Beau Sienkiewicz performed the Heimlich maneuver and back blows before a Hartford HealthCare EMS crew arrived
Dannielle Binns, who works for two agencies, started administering back blows as the child was turning blue
The police officer, firefighter and EMS providers from five different departments were at the same restaurant by coincidence
Kim Deaton, a custodian at Amanda Elementary and a past Gratis Village EMT, performed the Heimlich maneuver on the choking fifth-grader
Marley Madureira had earned her first aid training badge after her troop met with paramedics and a nurse
Adams County Fire Rescue Paramedic Cody Grove witnessed North Suburban Medical Center X-ray Technician Kasey Wichael dislodge an object the child was choking on
Brick Police Sgt. Charlie Kelly used the Heimlich maneuver after EMT Katelyn Lammer began choking on her food
HALO-Flight paramedics dislodged a marble from the boy’s throat on Christmas Day
NYPD Officers Wendell Dias and Crystal Barbosa were patrolling just a few blocks away when the call came in about a 9-month-old girl who was choking
Fennimore Rescue Squad is the first EMS service in Wisconsin to get approval to carry Lifevac on its ambulances
Reyna Martinez stood outside her home and screamed for someone to help her when her 1-year-old son began choking on Cheerios
Zimori Hall had just completed a one-week “911 Jr. First Responder Camp” where he learned the basics of first aid, CPR training and the Heimlich Maneuver
Detective Mark Rubins was sitting in the upper section of the Theater at Madison Square Garden at about 11:30 a.m. when he heard a woman yell, “Help! Please!”
A woman in Michigan contacted the wrong Wayland Fire Department on Facebook when her son started choking and she did not have access to a phone
The dispatcher gave the boy CPR instructions that he translated to his mother who was trying to save his baby sister
Officials learned that before responders arrived, a licensed nurse had “attempted a crude tracheotomy on the victim”
a. Will Stewart, a Sacramento State student, was hanging out with some other internship candidates when he noticed a nearby man in sudden distress
The paramedics’ quick actions saved the life of the 2-year-old when he choked on his food at a daycare
The firefighter’s daughter was playing with the popular toy when a metal bearing flew off and into her mouth
Two customers broke his fall and desperately tried to help him until paramedics arrived
Two nursing students immediately began lifesaving measures and were quickly joined by police officers and paramedics
High school freshman Ian Brown was at lunch when his classmate Will Olson started choking
In 2016, Heimlich himself was the hero, saving a woman choking on food at his senior living center
