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Via Step up and save a life: why you need to do a Basic Emergency Life Support course by reporter Erienne Lette, published May 12, 2014 by PerthNow, a newspaper owned by News Corp Australia, "Australia’s number one media company" according to the company's website.
Sound like a story worth looking into by U.S. reporters?
It does to me, but, to my knowledge, it's never been reported anywhere except in the Land Down Under and here at The Sidebar.
FYI, "St John" in the article refers to St John Ambulance, "Australia’s leading provider of first aid services," according to their web site.
Click here for the organization's "non-Heimlich" recommendations for responding to a choking emergency.
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Want to learn more?
I'd suggest starting with The Heimlich manoeuvre, a half-hour Australian Broadcasting audio documentary by Aviva Ziegler that first aired on July 27, 2009 and includes interviews with these notables and yours truly:
Another news hook for interested journos?
Happy anniversary!
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