[quote]A one-year-old has been saved by McDonald’s staff at a Sydney restaurant after she stopped breathing for nearly three minutes.
CCTV footage and emergency calls aired on Channel Nine’s A Current Affair show panic unfolding as staff and customers attempted to get Sydney girl Nevaeh breathing after she choked on a chip.
Parents Tevita and Glory rushed the child to the counter of the Mount Druit store in July after realising she had stopped breathing.
McDonald's employees James Hatcher, Rachel Whyat and Stephanie Farugia and customer Naomi Donovan then spent the next 150 seconds saving her life.
Fourteen-month-old Nevaeh was already turning blue before Mr Hatcher, 21, started trying to dislodge what was apparently a chip in the child’s windpipe.
“She was going ‘save my baby, she's choking, she’s not breathing,’” restaurant manager James Hatcher told A Current Affair.
“It just kicked in straight away; that you have to do this.”
Before paramedics arrived, emergency staff gave instructions over the phone to Ms Farugia, while a drive-through customer left her car to also offer assistance.
“At the time I grabbed her she was limp, really limp, going blue she wasn't breathing,” customer Naomi Donovan told A Current Affair.
“I'm thinking she might not survive. She's in my hands, I'm staring at her parents screaming and crying.”
After nearly three minutes, Nevea’s father can be heard in the background of the emergency call pleading for his daughter to breathe.
“I was just in shock, it felt like an eternity to be honest,” he said.
According to hospital staff Navaeh suffered from a seizure, common among children under six years old, which had caused her to choke.
She was kept in hospital for observation overnight but released without further treatment.
“I seriously thought I was going to lose her. I thought, (my) baby can't die – that's what I seriously thought that was happening.”
The restaurant staff, who were trained in administering first aide, received an award on behalf of McDonalds and praise from the NSW ambulance service.[/quote]
Source: [url]http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/8511830/baby-saved-by-mcdonalds-staff-after-choking[/url]
This is literally down the road from my place. My school bus drives by it every day.
Awesome for the kid, odd name, and[del] what possesed the parents to feed a one year old a chip?[/del]
Nevermind, i just realized that the kid should be eating solid food by then.
Naveah is a silly name, sounds like a native american indian reservation.
[QUOTE=The Aussie;37103831]Awesome for the kid, odd name, and what possesed the parents to feed a one year old a chip?[/QUOTE]
It's Mt Druitt, what do you expect?
[QUOTE=The Aussie;37103831]Awesome for the kid, odd name, and what possesed the parents to feed a one year old a chip?[/QUOTE]
Whats wrong with feeding a 1 year old a chip?
I had no idea that children had seizures commonly up to age six.
Funnily enough, I had a dream last night where I was choked to death by Ronald McDonald.
[QUOTE=Bletotum;37103842]I had no idea that children had seizures commonly up to age six.[/QUOTE]
1/10 people will, or have experienced a seizure in their lifetime. This can be as erratic and big as convulsions, fainting, and loss of consciousness. These are call [i]Grand Mal seizures[/i], Big ill seizures in french. The other side of the coin is [i]Petit mal[/i] seizures, these are blank spells, staring and slight twiching. Other types include partial seizures, which constitute brief changes in perception, uncontrolled simple body movements and loss of awareness. Confusion is also common. All seizures can last from a few seconds to a few minutes, more then five is good reason to call an ambulence. People who have seizures are not necessarly suffers of epilepsy at all. These are the most common types of seizures, there are many more but they are less common.
[QUOTE=The Aussie;37103831]Awesome for the kid, odd name, and[del] what possesed the parents to feed a one year old a chip?[/del]
Nevermind, i just realized that the kid should be eating solid food by then.
Naveah is a silly name, sounds like a native american indian reservation.[/QUOTE]
'Nevaeh'; the last parents I met who named their kid that said "it's 'heaven' spelled backwords"
[QUOTE=The Aussie;37103970]1/10 people will, or have experienced a seizure in their lifetime. This can be as erratic and big as convulsions, fainting, and loss of consciousness. These are call [i]Grand Mal seizures[/i], Big ill seizures in french. The other side of the coin is [i]Petit mal[/i] seizures, these are blank spells, staring and slight twiching. Other types include partial seizures, which constitute brief changes in perception, uncontrolled simple body movements and loss of awareness. Confusion is also common. All seizures can last from a few seconds to a few minutes, more then five is good reason to call an ambulence. People who have seizures are not necessarly suffers of epilepsy at all. These are the most common types of seizures, there are many more but they are less common.[/QUOTE]
I have a friend that had seizures all throughout school. They weren't grand mal, thankfully. It just looked like he would fold his arms and fall asleep in his chair, and then become absolutely unresponsive. He carried a blacked out pencil bag in his binder with meds in it for the paramedics when they showed up each time. At some point shortly after we met, he actually asked me to be his partner for when things like that happen, to make sure that the paramedics and faculty know where he is, and to help explain to the other students whats going on. I was really quite honored he'd pick me for that.
When I worked at Panera Bread, an old woman went into cardiac arrest while her whole church congregation was there for brunch-lunch-whatever.
Kept that old blue-hair alive and kicking for the five minutes it took for an amberlamps to get there, thankfully the restaurant was next door to a hospital.
True story
I didn't think McDonald's employees would know how to save a baby from choking, since they often don't even know how to get your fucking order right.
[QUOTE=Hatley;37107111]I didn't think McDonald's employees would know how to save a baby from choking, since they often don't even know how to get your fucking order right.[/QUOTE]
Someone almost died if not for the actions of this drive-through clerk. Lets complain about an isolated incident of bad customer service because obviously everyone who works at mcdonalds is dumb.
[QUOTE=The Aussie;37103970]1/10 people will, or have experienced a seizure in their lifetime. This can be as erratic and big as convulsions, fainting, and loss of consciousness. These are call [I]Grand Mal seizures[/I], Big ill seizures in french. The other side of the coin is [I]Petit mal[/I] seizures, these are blank spells, staring and slight twiching. Other types include partial seizures, which constitute brief changes in perception, uncontrolled simple body movements and loss of awareness. Confusion is also common. All seizures can last from a few seconds to a few minutes, more then five is good reason to call an ambulence. People who have seizures are not necessarly suffers of epilepsy at all. These are the most common types of seizures, there are many more but they are less common.[/QUOTE]I had a Grand Mal last June 30th, first time ever in my life, scary as shit too.
This reminds me of the time my little brother choked on a piece of salad at a Pizza Hut. Wasn't too severe or anything, but he attracted a great deal of attention; everyone in the restaurant was looking at him while my dad tried to get the piece out of his airway. Eventually it was dislodged and everyone applaused my dad for his work. Shit was pretty scary/intense
Taking a 1 year old to eat at McDonald's, I'm not loving it.
If I had kids I wouldn't take them to any fast food place until they were old enough to ask for it, and then it would be once in a while for a treat, and then it would be any place they want as long as it's In N Out. McDonald's, really?
[QUOTE=The Aussie;37103831]Awesome for the kid, odd name, and[del] what possesed the parents to feed a one year old a chip?[/del]
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You'd be surprised to hear that my parents fed me with potato and chicken by the time i was 6 months old. The pediatrician, who my parents consulted, was shocked at this discovery.
[QUOTE=Persecution;37106760]When I worked at Panera Bread, an old woman went into cardiac arrest while her whole church congregation was there for brunch-lunch-whatever.
Kept that old blue-hair alive and kicking for the five minutes it took for an amberlamps to get there, thankfully the restaurant was next door to a hospital.
True story[/QUOTE]
That's pretty cool considering CPR has a 3% success rate, good on you.
bring a baby to McDonalds should be child abuse
McDonalds could use this to boost their reputation considering they left their drive-through open when a woman was dead inside..
[QUOTE=SGTNAPALM;37103961]Funnily enough, I had a dream last night where I was choked to death by Ronald McDonald.[/QUOTE]
it's even funnier because you were choked by a clown
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