Off Duty Firefighter Saves Choking Boy

[x1243 141]

A Winston Salem Firefighter eating lunch with his 10 year old son jumped to the aid of a 9 year old boy choking at the school next door to the firehouse. Administering the Heimlich and ultimately savings the boys life. Awesome job, check out the video.

http://news.yahoo.com/video/greensboro-wxii-18191235/firefighter-saves-choking-boy-24813695#video=24813695

Edited April 8, 2011 by x1243

[PFDRes47cue 653]

Great story! Nice work brother.

[DR104 141]

Great Job!!! So why wasnt the teacher trained to do it herself? She is working in the lunch room!!!

[x1243 141]

Great Job!!! So why wasnt the teacher trained to do it herself? She is working in the lunch room!!!

Good question, most schools that is the minimal requirement...... She Says " I ran over and got Eric". So what would have happened if Eric was not there????

Edited April 8, 2011 by x1243

[TCD0415 26]

I am sure that most people on this board already have this training, But it really needs to go further. It should be required that all High School students have Basic FA / CPR courses completed prior to graduation. Hell, they make you take gym. Take a few gym hours and plug this in. Even if they never took another course again, one day they might run into something and remember the basics.

True Story: While out at FDIC in Indianapolis last month, a bunch of us were out to dinner at some steak joint and during the meal, one of the guys with us (Paramedic /FF from Sacramento)stands up with this look and signaling he was choking. We looked at him with the Yeahhhhhh Rightttttt attitude, but that went away in about 2 seconds. His buddy next to him (another Paramedic / FF from Sac) stood up, assumed the position (whispered in his ear that he better not be F'ing kidding) and Bam, One Shot .... POP out came a chunk of Beef. He sat back down and started eating again like nothing happened. The other 8 of us sat there in disbelief, kinda like "did that just really happen?" He looked over to us and said NOT A WORD !!! Needless to say he was assigned someone to sit with him at every meal for the remainder of the trip and the jokes didn't stop for a few days.

Hey, Ya never know.

Good Work Guys.

Edited April 8, 2011 by TCD0415

[JM15 386]

Just on a side note in my high school I remember "learning" CPR but I dont remember learning first aid skills.

[xfirefighter484x 234]

My question is, "When is a firefighter ever off-duty?"

Granted, if enjoying some adult beverages, or other such circumstances, yes, but in general, ever?

If I ever (personally) ran into someone who refused to aid someone because they were "off the clock", I would be extremely perturbed, saddened, and be sure to express my disgust.

Thankfully, I have never yet met anyone like that.