To most people a baby crying might not be the best sound. But to Talisha Torres it was music to her ears after little Christopher Whelan started choking on a green bean.
“I whipped off his table and I unbuckled him and threw him over my knee,” said Talisha.
It may not sound like the typical Heimlich manuever but it’s the correct way to give the life-saving technique to a child. And Christopher’s babysitter knew how to do it because she had taken the Infant CPR class at Boca Raton Regional Hospital.
When Christopher’s mom heard the news she broke down in tears, thankful for her babysitter and thankful for her little boy.
Less than 1 percent of people know CPR and the Heimlich, luckily Talisha was one of those people because in the end Christopher’s life depended on it.
Boca Raton Regional Hospital – Infant/Child Safety and CPR Learn the basics of infant and child safety and cardiopulmonary resuscitation. The class includes infant and child CPR/accident prevention, and management of life-threatening situations such as choking, suffocation, near drowning, and poisoning. Co-sponsored with the American Heart Association. Time: Dates and Times vary, please call Place: Boca Raton Regional Hospital, Charles E. Schmidt Education Center Phone: 561-955-4468
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