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Shailyn Ryan who is a third grade student who studied the use of the Heimlich maneuver when she enrolled in an after school course in Northboro Massachusetts is thankful that her skills came in handy shortly after best friend came close to losing her life when she choked on a hot dog that was stuck inside of her throat during lunch at the Marguerite Peasley Elementary School.
If there is one thing that amazes me is that a third grade student like Sahilyn has taken the time to learn these types of skills of using a move to remove a food object from the throat of a fellow student at such a young age.
The class where Shailyn learned how to use the Heimlich move is located at the Northboro Recreation Center which is a course that is taught after school ended.
It is nice to see schools around the nation and world for that matter is having courses for young students to learn first aid and use of removing food objects from a fellow student who is choking on a food article which usually happens when a person tries to eat their food article too fast.
Shailyn admitted that she was nervous using the Heimlich move on Keira for the first time in her life in her young life. Thank God her first try to use the Heimlich move was successful to save the life of her best friend and classmate.
I would be very happy to have such courses in school in our country as well.
These kinds of courses must be new in America since when I went to high school in the late 1970s, there were no first aid courses at that time.
The necessity of such courses for people of all ages is obvious, would like them to be widespread.
I agree with you that first aid courses be part of the school classes in all schools around the world.
Good for her, that is something she will never forget.
That is true since what Shailyn did to save the life of her best friend will be the first of many rescues in her future.
I have had a few occasions where I have choked on a food particle for either biting off more than I chew or rush eating.
We have been practicing this in our college and university. ya its really painful process
Schools have changed a lot since I went to elementary school in the former Canal Zone in Panama in the late 1960s.
Have you ever had that happen to you? I also learned this technique from 1st Aide training………We practiced that on each other and I assure you it is very painful
However, if it saved the life of this girl, all the good.
I have choked on my food a few times It is usually do to trying to eat too fast or biting off more than I chew at one time.