Teachers saved a choking third-grader with the Heimlich maneuver
At Pine Tree ISD's Parker Elementary in Longview, Ashley Peterson saw Kassidy Childress choking, and Assistant Principal Kyle Burns cleared her airway.
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At Parker Elementary in Longview, part of Pine Tree ISD, teacher Ashley Peterson saw third-grader Kassidy Childress choking. Assistant Principal Kyle Burns used the Heimlich maneuver and cleared her airway.
The student could breathe again because two adults in the building recognized what was happening and knew the maneuver. That was the whole save.
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