Frowning takes 68 muscles.
Smiling takes 6.
Pulling this trigger takes 2.
I'm lazy.
Posted on 06/07/2010 10:10:41 AM PDT by greatdefender
An East Ridge Middle School student died after choking on a hot dog Friday at the school, according to a Lake County Sheriff's Office incident report released today.
A deputy responding to the scene during the middle of the day Friday said attempts were made to give the teen "rescue breaths," but those efforts were unsuccessful.
"I observed EMS personnel attempting to remove several large obstructions (hot dog material) deep in the patient's throat," the deputy noted in the report.
EMS workers eventually "established a partial airway" and appeared to stabilize the patient before taking him to South Lake Hospital, but he later died.
Witnesses said they saw the student coughing and trying to clear his throat in the school cafeteria. At one point, the student was spotted coughing in the court yard and "reaching into the air towards the office area of the school with one of his hands," as he was escorted from the cafeteria, the report says.
He was soon brought to the front office and the school clinic area and lowered to the floor.
The student's teacher told an investigating deputy that the student was autistic and had "tongue manipulation issues," according to the incident report.
The teacher also called the student a "ferocious eater."
"She stated on several occasions that he was instructed to slow down from eating and to chew his food," the report states.
(Excerpt) Read more at orlandosentinel.com ...
*sigh* thats how Marilyn Monroe went.
I think the info regarding autism and other problems should have been at the top of the story.
Is Obama going after food next? I suppose in some ways he already is.
No problem congress (Barney Frank) will enact legislation to prevent this from ever harming another child again
Maybe we need to ban hot dogs.
“Maybe we need to ban hot dogs”
But only criminals will get hot dogs!!!
He's always hogging food for himself, Michelle & the girls -on the tax payer's dime!! 2 WH parties last week - date nights out - best that our money can buy & junk food every chance they get!
He's entitled to high living - but the rest of us better listen to Michelle!!
Are you confusing Marilyn & Cass Elliot?!
No one on the EMT staff was capable of performing a tracheotomy? Shoosh, what are they trained to do? A simple incision laterally on the trachea would have saved a life. Methinks municipal insurance rates don’t allow full life saving techniques to be taught or applied by city employees. Too bad.
OMG one person had a problem with learning how to chew food, that food must be banned for the other 300,000,000.00 citizens...
LOL!!!!!
Who’s going to prevent him?
Be careful,The Secret Service is watching!
I KNOW I wouldn’t!
Medical group suggests changing shape of hot dogs to make them safer for kids
"The American Academy of Pediatrics is suggesting the iconic ballpark favorite be given a makeover to prevent child choking deaths."
It takes all kinds...maybe they could just require all food be pre-chewed before purchase.
Marilyn died from drugs. Momma Cass chocked on a ham sandwich.
Neither of them was eating a hot dog.
The American Academy of Pediatrics is a bunch of National Socialists. They are anti- Bill of Rights too.
Tracheotomy. They don't teach this to EMT’s in this county?
Prayers for the family and anyone who witnessed this horrible tragedy!
And probably laughing their butts off.
I'm sure it isn't the first time they've seen Dear Reader swallow a sausage.
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