Menino de nove anos salva a vida de colega que se engasga (com vídeo)

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Um menino de nove anos salvou a vida de um colega de escola, de sete anos, que se engasgou com uma barrita de cereais, nos Estados Unidos.

O menino apercebeu-se de que o colega se estava a engasgar e aplicou a manobra usada nestes casos, a manobra de Heimlich.

O vídeo da escola mostra a aplicação desta manobra e o colega a ficar são e salvo.

Entrevistado, o menino disse que aprendeu toda a técnica no Youtube.

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A 9-year-old at a school in Raleigh, North Carolina stepped in at just the right time to help a classmate who was choking. The second grader was gasping for air and struggling to breathe before his friend took action at Raleigh Oak Charter Academy. "We were playing basketball, and he ate a granola bar and we started playing longer until he started choking," young Jayceon Branch said. "He was trying to say 'hold on' but he couldn't because he was choking. I didn't know he was actually, actually choking so i just did my thing, which was a Heimlich." The 9-year-old said he learned the technique from YouTube. Seven-year-old Donye Moore said he felt "good" after his friend saved his life.

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