By Cliff Pinckard
Source cleveland.com
BINGHAMTON, NY—A state trooper is being lauded after he was able to save a 2-year-old boy who was choking on a piece of pancake, with his lifesaving efforts.
According to syracuse.com, Trooper David Draudt sped to the home when he heard the dispatch call of a boy who was turning blue. He was let inside and found the boy’s mother holding her child on the kitchen floor. The boy had just begun eating dry foods.
“My first step was to try to clear the airway with my finger, but his jaw was locked closed,” Draudt tells syracuse.com. “So then I began giving the back blows until I could hear him start to breathe again. At least I knew what I was doing was working.”
The boy soon started breathing again, and a few moments later was alert, syracuse.com reports.
“I was happy I was in the right place at the right time and I was able to go in there and make it happen,” Draudt said.
The body camera video can be viewed here. Police warn that it might be disturbing to some viewers.
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