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 ...
LOL!!
These days a child with any type of mental illness is called autistic.
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