a young girl released a video from the moment in which a friend saved his life during a critical situation in Australia. The filming, shared on social networks, caught the attention of millions of users.
On November 2, an Australian citizen shared a post through his Profile of TikTok about a recent personal anecdote.
This woman, known on the virtual platform as Cheyexplained that had an emergency while having dinner with a friend of his in a restaurant in his country. According to his story, He choked on a piece of sushi.
At that time, as seen in the recording of the place’s security cameras, the young woman he quickly got up from the table covering his mouth with his hand.
«When I stopped, he (his friend) looked at me and He asked me if everything was ok. Obvious, he realized he couldn’t speak. I was trying to swallow food«said Chey on TikTok.
The woman got up from the table after choking on her food. Photo: @cheyennemcdonogh.Out of desperation, her friend realized that she I needed help urgently: had an obstructed airway. Therefore, he positioned himself behind her and began to carry out The Heimlich Manugorasuitable for this type of case.
«The Heimlich maneuver is a method of first aid for choking. Asphyxiation occurs when a person can’t breathe because a food, toy, or other foreign object blocks your throat or windpipe«, reported the American academic medical center Cleveland Clinic on its official website.
«He is a great friend, he saved my life»
Fortunately, in Chey’s case, his friend got her to expel the stuck food in a matter of seconds. «He is a great friend. saved my life. I don’t know what would have happened if he hadn’t been there.«said the young woman.
The young man put into practice the Heimlich maneuver to save his friend. Photo: @cheyennemcdonogh.The video of the moment added more than 5.6 million views on TikTok. Some users were surprised by the initial reaction of the young man. In their opinion, he was too calm in the face of the pressing situation and was slow to act.
Following comments from Internet users, Chey defended his friend: He said he did what he had to do. and that, furthermore, It was better to stay calm.
«When he saw that I was standing, he assessed the situation, asked me if I was okay, asked if I wanted water, and then realized that I had to do the Heimlich maneuver«the young woman reiterated in an interview with the American magazine portal Newsweek.
«He saved my life,» the young woman said about her friend. Photo: @cheyennemcdonogh.«I prefer someone (as your friend) keep calm and composure in that situation; otherwise, It would have stressed me out even more.«he added.
«I felt a lot of panic and fear while I was suffocating»
On the other hand, Chey acknowledged that he was very afraid during the incident. «Definitely, I felt a lot of panic and fear while I was choking on food. When I choked out the food, I felt very relieved«, he stated to Newsweek.
«The pieces of sushi were larger than usual, which I didn’t realize, and I didn’t chew them enough before swallowing them,» he told the same outlet.
