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Midi Libre
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During a meal in the canteen of the primary school in Tavel in the Gard, Thursday, October 7, a CM1 schoolboy saved another student who was choking.
Only 9 years old, Victor Menkene prevented one of his comrades from choking on his food, thanks to a technique learned on the Internet.
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Gabin, a friend, told me that Sacha was all red and when I saw him on his knees, his hands on his throat, I rushed to slap him on the back and I made him the maneuver of Heimlich,
”the boy explained to the Occitan daily. The Heimlich method is a first aid gesture that involves getting behind the choking victim and compressing their lungs by pressing on their stomach. Sacha "
spat out two pieces of meat,
" reports
Midi Libre
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The gesture of Victor, also class delegate and elected to the municipal youth council of Tavel, was welcomed by the elected officials of the town.
Claude Phillip, the mayor, presented him with a medal, and the boy was applauded by students, parents and teachers who attended the medal presentation.
