by Liz Watkins | 7 Apr, 2025 | Choking
Choking: Risks and Prevention What is Choking? Choking occurs when an object—usually food—becomes lodged in the airway, blocking the flow of air and preventing normal breathing. It can happen to anyone at any time, however it is particularly common in children and...
by Abacus Training | 6 Jul, 2015 | Choking, CPR/Defibrillation, First Aid Training, News
A mother-of-three is urging people to have first aid training, after a “guardian angel” neighbour helped save the life of her four-week old baby when he stopped breathing. Tina Westlake, 34, said her son Kane, now eight weeks old, “wouldn’t be here” were it not for...
by Abacus Training | 26 Jun, 2015 | Choking, First Aid Training, News
It started off like any other normal after-school afternoon. Skylar Mills and Katelyn Palmer were playing outside in their Goose Creek neighborhood. It was mid-May, just weeks away from the academic year’s end at Westview Elementary. The girls were sharing...
by Abacus Training | 13 Mar, 2015 | Choking, CPR/Defibrillation, First Aid Training, Legislation, News
The plans are in response to a campaign by Joanne and Dan Thompson, whose daughter Millie died after choking at a nursery in 2012. More than 100,000 people signed the couple’s online petition calling for compulsory first aid training. All Level 2 and Level 3...
by Abacus Training | 22 Dec, 2014 | Choking, First Aid Training, Legislation, News
Stockport charity set up following baby’s death organised petition which received 102,000 signatures and led to a House of Commons debate A government minister has promised a national review into the provision of paediatric first aid in nurseries after a...
by Abacus Training | 9 Sep, 2013 | Choking, First Aid Training, News
See on Scoop.it – First Aid Training Mum Cherie was having dinner with her nine-year-old son Kayne when a pea blocked her airway 9 year old Kayne Holden with mum Cherie Briggs at their home in Bingley West Yorkshire. A choking mum was saved by her son of nine...
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