Choking
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Kansas City Battalion Chief Todd Covington performed the Heimlich maneuver to save the life of a choking fan at a Washington Nationals baseball game
Middletown Firefighter Beau Sienkiewicz performed the Heimlich maneuver and back blows before a Hartford HealthCare EMS crew arrived
“Out from behind — out of nowhere — this huge man lifted me up and performed the Heimlich maneuver,” Jacqueline Branch, who had choked on a piece of chicken, said
“It’s not everyday that a mom gets to watch one of her children save someone’s life,” the firefighter’s mother wrote
The police officer, firefighter and EMS providers from five different departments were at the same restaurant by coincidence
Surveillance footage shows the first responders saving the 9-week-old Saint Bernard after Megan Vitale rushed into the station for help
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
Stephen Cresci jumped into action when Juan Camacho, who was having dinner next to him, began choking on a piece of lamb
The firefighter’s daughter was playing with the popular toy when a metal bearing flew off and into her mouth
Firefighter Adam Gillie was eating dinner with his family when the 2-year-old girl began choking on a piece of chicken
In 2016, Heimlich himself was the hero, saving a woman choking on food at his senior living center
The firefighter, with only two years on the department, said he was just thinking about the training he had when the woman handed him her lifeless child
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