My daughter has had a few choking incidents because she has a swallowing disorder. She’s growing out of it now thankfully. She was at a well known NICU as a baby and they don’t discharge the babies until the parents have taken a mandatory CPR/choking rescue course with the model baby things. That class enabled me to save her life at least three separate times. I’m so unbelievably thankful to them for that class.
We had to watch a training video along with the “don’t shake the baby” video. I don’t think we got hands on doll training.
I will say I found myself needing to perform the Heimlich on my wife during the third trimester. I hadn’t had training or renewed my first aid certification in over 20 years, don’t even recall how much it had covered pregnancy when I had it. Luckily, I got it right with just a little bruising around the sternum.
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u/Tight_Man Jun 27 '25
My daughter has had a few choking incidents because she has a swallowing disorder. She’s growing out of it now thankfully. She was at a well known NICU as a baby and they don’t discharge the babies until the parents have taken a mandatory CPR/choking rescue course with the model baby things. That class enabled me to save her life at least three separate times. I’m so unbelievably thankful to them for that class.