Heimlich phones Grade 6 hero
Published: May 4, 2007
A Grade 6 boy who saved a classmate from choking to death on a peppermint last week was congratulated by the man who created the Heimlich manoeuvre.
Tristan Unsworth, 11, of Howie Centre said Dr. Henry Heimlich called him after school Wednesday when news surfaced that he used the life-saving Heimlich manoeuvre on April 18 to dislodge a candy from Travis Hayes’s windpipe.
“He’s in Vancouver and some of his friends actually told him about me in the paper,” Tristan told CBC News on Thursday. “He says he is going to give me the yearly lifesavers award. I was amazed.”
The candy became stuck in Travis’s throat on April 18 when he and his class stood to sing O Canada and a friend nearby made a gesture that caused him to laugh. According to earlier reports, Travis began to turn purple when he stopped breathing. His teacher, who rushed to his aid, couldn’t get in the right position to perform the Heimlich manoeuvre properly because she was too tall.
After four tries with an upper jab, Tristan successfully popped out the candy from Travis’s throat to the floor.
Canadian Press reports: Another Cape Breton student has been saved by a the Heimlich manoeuvre.
Tyler MacLean, a Grade 3 student at John Bernard Croak Elementary, was choking on a nacho chip at recess on Thursday when a teacher’s aide came to his help. Joann MacNeil grabbed the boy, lifted him up, and performed the manoeuvre.
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