Wisconsin police Explorer saves fellow student from choking
Emergencies happen when and where you least expect them.
Like on March 22 in the high school cafeteria of Central High School in La Crosse, Wis. Freshman Ian Brown was enjoying lunch when his classmate began to choke.
Other students thought Will Olson was being funny, but Ian spotted a change in the color of Will’s neck.
As a Law Enforcement Explorer with the La Crosse Police Department, Ian had been trained on what to do next.
He jumped up and began to administer abdominal thrusts — upward motions meant to dislodge foreign objects stuck in the airway.
Thankfully, the object was expelled, and Ian escorted Will to the nurse’s office.
School nurse Kim Mahlum later said Brown’s training as a Law Enforcement Explorer had been critical during a “very dangerous situation.”
Law Enforcement Exploring trains young men and young women in first aid, community policing, investigations, conducting a traffic stop and more. Explorers experience firsthand what it’s like to be an officer of the law, preparing them for a career in law enforcement.
Learn more about Law Enforcement Exploring and Exploring’s 11 other career fields at Exploring.org.
Watch what happened
The whole thing was captured on the school’s security cameras:
Wisconsin high school student trained in first aid by local police saves choking classmate in cafeteria. https://t.co/3E6e9po4oW pic.twitter.com/zrW4voj5R9
— ABC News (@ABC) March 24, 2017