For all of you Clemson students taking First Aid and CPR right now, pay attention. Don’t goof off in that class and don’t only study so you can pass. You WILL need the knowledge you gain in that class.
On Tuesday, we finished Spelling and started reviewing for Language Arts. I’m asking questions and walking around the room to keep students on their toes when I look over at one of my boys.
His mouth is open,
his face is red,
and he starts waving his hands back and forth.
He’s choking.
It wasn’t the kind of choking where you are coughing and your eyes are watering. It was the kind of choking where you can’t breathe at all.
I run over to him, get him on his feet, bend him over, and beat on his back. Nothing is coming up so I get behind him and do the Heimlich. After about three squeezes he coughs up a piece of candy and can finally breathe again.
Needless to say, my boy was scared out of his mind. His throat was hurting him pretty bad and he was sweating a lot. I let him calm down for the rest of Language Arts and had him try to eat his lunch. He couldn’t so I called his parents and had them come get him.
In the moment, I wasn’t scared and knew exactly what to do. Afterwards, however, my adrenaline was gone and I started thinking about it. What if I hadn’t been able to get it out? What if I hadn’t known what to do? Where would my student be now? That’s when I got scared.
My student is fine now thanks to all that I learned in my class at Clemson.
PAY ATTENTION in your first aid classes. You may have to do the same thing I did one day.
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