Uploaded September 2017 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
At the end of lunch, Margaret escorted the class from the playground and sat the children down ready for registration. While she was taking the register, she noticed Jake struggling to breathe and changing colour.
She rushed to Jake, who was choking and stood him up. She tried to clear the blockage with back thrusts but this didn't work. In the end, she used abdominal thrusts. To her surprise a coin, from his dinner money, flew out.
At the time she didn’t think much of it. After Jake had left school, she was feeling shaken as it could so easily have been a completely different ending, had she not had life saving skills.
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At the end of lunch, Margaret escorted the class from the playground and sat the children down ready for registration. While she was taking the register, she noticed Jake struggling to breathe and changing colour.
She rushed to Jake, who was choking and stood him up. She tried to clear the blockage with back thrusts but this didn't work. In the end, she used abdominal thrusts. To her surprise a coin, from his dinner money, flew out.
At the time she didn’t think much of it. After Jake had left school, she was feeling shaken as it could so easily have been a completely different ending, had she not had life saving skills.
Find out more about the St John Ambulance Everyday Heroes Awards at sja.org.uk/everydayheroes
To take a first aid training course, visit http://www.sja.org.uk/sja/training-co...
For more information follow us on
Twitter: twitter.com/stjohnambulance
Facebook: facebook.com/sja
Instagram: instagram.com/st_john_ambulance
