Category: choking

Quick-thinking Teacher Uses Heimlich Maneuver on Choking Student

Her quick action saved a student’s life. …


Third-Grade Teacher’s Quick Response Saves 9-Year-Old Student Choking on a Bottle Cap

A third-grade teacher sprang into action when a 9-year-old student ran to her desk with a bottle cap stuck in his throat. Calmly and swiftly, she performed the Heimlich maneuver, dislodging the cap and saving the child’s life. “We were starting our math class. Robert was a little thirsty from returning from gym class,” Janiece…


Police Officer Saved Choking 3-Week-Old Baby

Some heroes wear capes. Ours wears a badge.


8-Year-Old Girl Sees Mom’s Boyfriend Choking, Saves His Life With Heimlich She Learned Weeks Earlier

One Florida man owes his life to an 8-year-old girl who performed the Heimlich maneuver on him, successfully dislodging a bit of food lodged in his windpipe. On Jan. 9, 2022, Bradenton resident Michael Langston was at home, leisurely playing video games on a Sunday, when he took a bite of a sandwich and immediately…


8th-Grader Sees Dad Choking at Dinner Table—Performs Heimlich He Learned at School, Saves His Life

A small-town Colorado teen was recognized by first responders in Brush after applying the lifesaving skills he learned at school to save a family member—his dad. Mother of 14-year-old Aidan, Heather Christenson, recalled how her husband, Fred, had upon hearing a joke at the dinner table last month laughed and began to choke on a…


Off-Duty Bay Area Policeman Sees Mom With Choking Baby on Roadside, Pulls Over, Saves His Life

An off-duty Bay Area police officer was driving home from the movie theater with his family when he was called upon to save the life of a baby who wasn’t breathing. After watching an action film Sunday evening Aug. 15, Gilbert Troche of the San Pablo Police was near First Street in Livermore, when his…


Deputy Sheriff Saves Baby’s Life

Deputy Nix is a true hero and an excellent example of what it means to protect and to serve. Hats off to him, and all our serving police officers!


8-Year-Old Saves Sister Choking on Chicken Nugget Using Tip From John Cena

An 8-year-old boy from Hazleton, Pennsylvania, is being hailed for saving his 20-month-old sister, Leila Dempsey, from choking. The young man had seen an episode of Nickelodeon’s “The Substitute” that featured wrestler and actor John Cena where he provided tips on how to save someone choking. The siblings were in a car with their dad…