{"id":939,"date":"2013-06-14T05:37:38","date_gmt":"2013-06-14T04:37:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.protrainings.eu\/?p=939"},"modified":"2013-06-14T05:37:38","modified_gmt":"2013-06-14T04:37:38","slug":"boy-saves-friend-with-skills-learned-from-sesame-street","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.protrainings.uk\/blog\/boy-saves-friend-with-skills-learned-from-sesame-street\/","title":{"rendered":"Boy saves Friend with skills learned from Sesame Street"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It seems like this sort of thing happens more and more.\u00a0 The last time that something like this happened, that we reported, was with\u00a0<a title=\"Choking Girl rescued by Friend thanks to SpongeBob SquarePants\" href=\"https:\/\/www.procpr.org\/blog\/entertainment\/choking-girl-spongebob-squarepants\">Spongebob Squarepants<\/a>.\u00a0 This time, it was\u00a0<em>Sesame Street<\/em>, an educational show that\u2019s been running now for 44 years.<\/p>\n<p>William Ruhno and Derek Almeida were on the playground during recess Wednesday when Derek started choking. \u201cHe was eating the pretzel and he swallowed it, and then all of a sudden he was just coughing and coughing,\u201d says William. \u201cHe was trying to get it out, so I knew.\u201d\u00a0 Seven-year-old William learned how to do Abdominal Thrusts from watching\u00a0<em>Sesame Street<\/em>. \u201cI put my arms around him and I did a fist with my hand over it and I just.\u201d The second time he tried, it worked, and the pretzel that his friend was choking on popped out.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>William\u2019s mother was on the playground and witnessed her son\u2019s heroic act without realising what was going on. \u201cI was proud of him for knowing how to do it,\u201d says Debbie Ruhno.\u00a0\u201dAnd just shocked that he actually did it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Derek\u2019s mother bought William some toy\u00a0<em>Hot Wheels<\/em>\u00a0cars as a token of her appreciation. \u201cI appreciate what he did to save my life,\u201d says Derek. \u201cAnd he\u2019s one of my best buddies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When a child can learn from a video that he saw years ago, how to do something like Abdominal Thrusts, it says a lot for what else we can learn from video and they can therefore learn all about first aid from our video <a href=\"http:\/\/www.studentfirstaid.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">online student first aid course<\/a> that is FREE to all schools and children. \u00a0Contact us for more information on 01206 805359 or support@protrainings.uk.<\/p>\n<p>Via\u00a0News 12 New Jersey\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/newyork.cbslocal.com\/2013\/06\/07\/newark-second-grader-steps-up-and-saves-choking-friends-life\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CBS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>See more <a href=\"https:\/\/www.procpr.org\/blog\/entertainment\/choking-girl-spongebob-squarepants\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It seems like this sort of thing happens more and more.\u00a0 The last time that something like this happened, that we reported, was with\u00a0Spongebob Squarepants.\u00a0 This time, it was\u00a0Sesame Street, an educational show that\u2019s been running now for 44 years. 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