174th: The Local Police of Massamagrell - Spain Used Dechoker to Save a Toddler Who Was Choking.
Oct 15th 2024
"The officers quickly went to the house and practiced the Heimlich Maneuver and used 'The Dechoker' with a positive response.” Massamagrell Local Police officers saved the life of a 17-month-old toddler who was choking. The policemen went to a call at 22:30 hours alerted of the facts and quickly arrived at the home where they found the little boy with visible symptoms of choking. They used 'the Dechoker' with a positive response in the child who ended up recovering a normal respiratory rate, although he was later transferred to the hospital as a precaution. The head of the local police, Pepe Ferrer, stressed that the agents, "as a result of the protocols of action for situations like this, knew how to respond quickly and professionally to the emergency, giving the child the most appropriate respiratory maneuver for his situation. We are incredibly pleased with the result."