Third grader Shailyn Ryan leaped from her seat to perform the Heimlich maneuver on her friend, just as she had learned to do 16 hours earlier. It worked. A hot dog popped out of her friend's throat.
Third grader Shailyn Ryan, left, performed the Heimlich maneuver on her friend Keira Silvia, right, the day after learning how to do it. By Cathy Free May 17 at 8:00 AM The day after 9-year-old Shailyn Ryan learned how to do the Heimlich maneuver at a “Home Alone” kids safety class in her Massachusetts town, she looked up and saw her friend turning blue.
Shailyn leaped from her seat, stood behind Keira, tipped her friend slightly forward, then wrapped her arms around her waist. Making a fist with one hand and grasping it with her other hand above Keira’s navel, she then pressed as hard as she could into her abdomen, pushing upward as though she was trying to lift her up.Almost immediately, a hot dog piece that Keira had been choking on popped up from her throat.
"It's important to teach lifesaving skills to children and adults of all ages,” said Allie Lane, a director at the Northborough Recreation Center where Shailyn signed up for a two-hour evening safety class geared toward kids ages 9 to 11.Keira's mother, Noel Silvia, still marvels at the timing of it all.
At the class, she and several other children also watched a safety video and practiced doing the Heimlich maneuver on each other.
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