The police officer was on his way home last week after his early duty when he overheard the emergency call via radio, as the Lenzburg City Chancellery announced on Monday. Because the deployed ambulance and the nearest available police patrol had a longer journey to get there, the regional police officer was the first to arrive.
The child made choking noises and obviously could no longer breathe, as the media release further said. The regional police officer first tried to jerk the child’s chest back and up. The professional world speaks of the “Heimlich grip”.
Grip in the throat
However, it was not possible to remove the foreign body in this way. When looking into the child’s throat, the regional police officer was able to spot an object in the back that had jammed.
He decided to reach into the child’s throat to remove the item. The toddler was saved. The ambulance, which has meanwhile arrived, examined the toddler and was able to attest to the best of health.
According to Blick information, the foreign body that the toddler swallowed is the lid of a plastic bottle.
The regional police officer was not only in the right place at the right time, he also immediately acted correctly and thus saved the child’s life, Ferdinand Bürgi, commander of the Lenzburg regional police force, was quoted in the media release. As head of the Lenzburg regional police force, he is very proud of his employees. «It is a beautiful story that only life can write. Let’s be happy that it ended well, ”he says to Blick. (SDA / dnp)