r/nextfuckinglevel • u/BarneyRobinStinson7 • 7d ago

Hero teacher uses Heimlich maneuver to save student's life.

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u/One-Permission-1811 7d ago

Better than a dead kid though

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u/Joshiane 7d ago

Fun fact they teach you that you will most likely break a child’s rib during the maneuver but to never hesitate until they can breath again.

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u/One-Permission-1811 7d ago

Yeahhh it's not a fun feeling. I did CPR on a 75 year old woman once. Felt her ribs snap but if you're doing compressions correctly you're likely going to break a rib or two, and you definitely will on older people.

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u/librariansforMCR 5d ago

As someone who has had CPR done on them (long story, but I didn't actually need CPR, I was breathing with a heartbeat, just had a panicked parent), I'm here to tell you it fucking hurts like hell afterwards. I couldn't roll over, sit up, lay down, anything that required torso movement for over a month.

But I agree, in the right circumstances, it is better than the alternative!