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Restaurant owner helps a choking customer in El Monte

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An ABC7 report from El Monte, California. A restaurant owner was in the right place at the right time to help save a choking customer.

Key Lessons

  • The owner was close by and stepped in to help the choking customer.
  • Her quick help saved the customer.
  • General guidance: ask 'Are you choking?'. If the person cannot speak, cough or breathe, lean them forward and give up to five back blows, then up to five abdominal thrusts.
  • General guidance: call 112 or 108 if the object does not come out. Restaurants and canteens can train their staff in these steps.

What Happened

A restaurant owner in El Monte, Southern California, helped save a customer who was choking, and a video of the moment was released. ABC7 reports that she was in the right place at the right time. The clip is under a minute long.

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