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Police Save Choking Children in Three Separate Cases After 911 Calls

Training paired with 911 protocols enabled rapid lifesaving care before ambulance handoff.

Overview

  • In Abasto, La Plata, Subcomando Oeste officers Subteniente Mauro Cari, Sargento Giselle García, Oficial Ravaniera, and Subayudante Emilse Batallán performed CPR on an unresponsive girl who then resumed breathing.
  • The girl was transported conscious to Hospital Alejandro Korn in Melchor Romero, where she was admitted for observation.
  • In Loteo Parque Sur, Oficial Ayudante Santiago Villalba applied the Heimlich maneuver to a two‑month‑old who had bronchoaspirated milk, clearing her airway and stabilizing her.
  • A SAME ambulance then carried the infant and her mother to Hospital de Niños Eva Perón for further evaluation.
  • In Barrio La Cruz Negra, a dispatcher guided the mother by phone and Oficial Ayudante Federico Nieva Palacios performed Heimlich on a 1‑year‑10‑month‑old before police transported him to Maternidad Provincial 25 de Mayo and later to Hospital de Niños Eva Perón.