Just had to Heimlich a kid

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Talk about being in the right place at the right time!! The first graders were eating lunch and they asked me to cover the front desk (about 20 feet away from the cafeteria) for 10 minutes. All of a sudden a teacher looking terrified comes running to me yelling "Someone is choking". I had just answered the phone when she grabbed me and I threw the phone onto the desk and went running. The little boy was legit choking. I did the heimlich and a giant glob of food came up and out :wideyed: How he fit that much food into his mouth is beyond me. Anyway, he then vomited, cried and will be fine. I called his mom to tell her so she is aware. Poor kiddo is still shaking. The funniest part is, I went back to the front desk and the hone rang and the person says "Um, I just called a few minutes ago and think the call got dropped" :roflmao: I said "actually, the phone got dropped, by me".

Specializes in med-surg, IMC, school nursing, NICU.

School nursing is soft... school nursing is easy... school nursing is cushy.

Yah, ok.

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Specializes in School Nurse, past Med Surge.

Yay for you!

Teachers in my state are required to get CPR/First Aid certification to renew their license. Good idea. We STRONGLY suggest all cafeteria monitors are, as well.

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Specializes in School Nursing, Pediatrics.

Great job!!!!

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I ask and ask and ask about doing large group presentations on epi pen, bbp etc and am told that is is taken up with department time....come my evaluation, they want more staff education...

Hold onto your requests (hopefully they were done by email) and if it is mentioned at your eval, present the evidence that you wanted to provide education and were denied.

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Specializes in kids.
Hold onto your requests (hopefully they were done by email) and if it is mentioned at your eval, present the evidence that you wanted to provide education and were denied.

I always do that stuff by email!

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You are awesome!! Kudos for keeping a cool head! When my own CHILD choked I totally froze. It was my husband that did the heimlich. Mommy fail.

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Specializes in ER.

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