Someone Help
Cynthia A. Gray
Enc.090 &091
Laurel Campus
June 24th
Someone Help!
On a warm summer day, I decided to take my children out to eat, just us. We went to Long John Silvers for fish. We walked into the restaurant; I noticed how crowded it was. The children and I placed our order, got it and took it over next to the window, so we could look outside and watch the passer-byers. We said our blessings and started eating, laughing at each other’s jokes and just enjoying the day together.
After 25-30 minutes I heard someone coughing and gagging. My daughter states,” Mommie it’s that man over there he’s turning BLUE!” I told my children to stay in their sits and not to get up. I went over to him and asked,” Are you choking?” He nodded his head yes. His wife was in tears saying, “Please, oh please, help him.” I asked him to open his mouth, so I could see if there was anything I could see, but nothing. I went behind him to start the Heimlich maneuver, I was having trouble getting my arms around him, (he was a very large built man) I continued to try the Heimlich maneuver. I yelled out to the crowd, “Help, someone help, call 911!”
Then all of a sudden he passes out. As I was holding him with my body, I lowered him to the floor and stared CPR. I did the abdominal thrust several times, I checked his mouth again, and there it was, a big piece of unchewed hush puppy lodged in his throat. I took my finger and did the finger sweep threw the hush puppy across the room.
I checked for a heartbeat, and then checked if he was breathing, still not breathing but had a faint heartbeat. I cried out, “Please someone HELP me”, “anyone PLEASE”, but no one came. By this time 15 minutes had went by but it seemed so much longer. My arms were so tired but I knew I couldn’t stop. I continued CPR, I saw the ambulance pulling in. About that time the man started coughing and gasping for air, he looked up at his wife
Enc.090 &091
Laurel Campus
June 24th
Someone Help!
On a warm summer day, I decided to take my children out to eat, just us. We went to Long John Silvers for fish. We walked into the restaurant; I noticed how crowded it was. The children and I placed our order, got it and took it over next to the window, so we could look outside and watch the passer-byers. We said our blessings and started eating, laughing at each other’s jokes and just enjoying the day together.
After 25-30 minutes I heard someone coughing and gagging. My daughter states,” Mommie it’s that man over there he’s turning BLUE!” I told my children to stay in their sits and not to get up. I went over to him and asked,” Are you choking?” He nodded his head yes. His wife was in tears saying, “Please, oh please, help him.” I asked him to open his mouth, so I could see if there was anything I could see, but nothing. I went behind him to start the Heimlich maneuver, I was having trouble getting my arms around him, (he was a very large built man) I continued to try the Heimlich maneuver. I yelled out to the crowd, “Help, someone help, call 911!”
Then all of a sudden he passes out. As I was holding him with my body, I lowered him to the floor and stared CPR. I did the abdominal thrust several times, I checked his mouth again, and there it was, a big piece of unchewed hush puppy lodged in his throat. I took my finger and did the finger sweep threw the hush puppy across the room.
I checked for a heartbeat, and then checked if he was breathing, still not breathing but had a faint heartbeat. I cried out, “Please someone HELP me”, “anyone PLEASE”, but no one came. By this time 15 minutes had went by but it seemed so much longer. My arms were so tired but I knew I couldn’t stop. I continued CPR, I saw the ambulance pulling in. About that time the man started coughing and gasping for air, he looked up at his wife