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Show Girls learned procedure of school Heimlich maneuver saves two lives middle fingers in place of the fist. This protects the baby's ribs during the thrusting motion, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics. "I went into the living room and Malyree looked like she was dead, and she started to turn different colors. She was dark blue and her lips turned purple," said Britnee. r By KRIS JOHNSON SlafT Writer BOUNTIFUL It was quick thinking and what she had learned at school on the part of Nicole Bright, 13, that saved the life of her 4-year-old stepsister, Kelsie Shaw. Kelsie, visiting her dad in Bountiful Boun-tiful from her home in Reno, was eating dinner when she began choking chok-ing on a piece of food. Her face turned purple and then blue. Hen lips swelled up and her eyes rolled back into her head, said Debra Shaw, Kelsie's stepmother. Nicole was downstairs, when she heard Kelsie's father, Kale Shaw Jr., yell in a frantic voice for her to come upstairs. Nicole went up and could see that Kelsie was choking. She performed the Heimlich maneuver ma-neuver on Kelsie and dislodged a cooked carrot from her windpipe. If Nicole wouldn't have been here, Kelsie would have been gone, it was that bad. Thank heavens she learned it in school, because we never learned it in school," said Debra. The Heimlich maneuver is a medical procedure that dislodges food or objects obstructed in a person's per-son's wind pipe. It saves thousands of lives every year, and it only takes a few minutes to learn. Nicole learned how to do the Heimlich maneuver last year at Tolman Elementary school. The person performing the procedure pro-cedure stands behind the victim choking and wraps his arms around the victim's waist. The person then places a closed fist between the victim's navel and lower tip of the sternum. The person per-son then grasps their closed fist with their other hand, pressing their combined hands into the victim's abdomen with quick upward thrusts. On small children, a person should use only one hand to apply the technique; and with babies the person should use their index and sister, EmiLee. Laura Carter, Britnee's mom was sick in bed and had no idea that her daughter had just saved the baby's life. "I heard Britnee yell good bye to me. EmiLee, my 5-year-old, came down stairs and told me that Malyree had turned purple and her Hps swelled and Britnee pushed on her stomach and a penny flew out of her mouth and she threw up' said Laura. After the gravity of Malyree's brush with death sank in, Laura called Britnee's school to make sure that the little heroine was all right. "I can't believe she would just save a life and then go to school," she said. Britnee didn't tell anyone all day long that she had saved her sister's life. "I knew Malyree would be OK and I would tell my mom when I got home from school," she said. "I didn't tell anybody at school, it just seemed like another thing to do." Moreover, Britnee didn't even think about her heroic feat all day long except when she was walking to school and it briefly crossed her mind. "I kicked a can and a little Barbie bow came out of the can and it reminded me of what I did and it made me feel good that I saved a person's life." Britnee learned how to do the Heimlich maneuver in the third grade at Adelaide Elementary School. She was taught the procedure pro-cedure again in the fourth grade. "Had Britnee not been there, I would have been down stairs with Malyree and I would of been frantic when she started choking. It was scary," said Laura. It takes three minutes to learn the Heimlich maneuver and it's the best three minutes you'll ever spend, whether you're a child or an adult, said Laura. "I'm glad that Adelaide teaches this stuff or else I wouldn't have a sister," said Britnee. Britnee Carter saved the life of her baby sister, Malyree, by performing per-forming the Heimlich maneuver on her. The baby had swallowed a penny and it lodged in her wind pipe. Using the Heimlich maneuver, maneu-ver, Britnee dislodged the penny in a matter of seconds. Britnee learned how to do the Heimlich maneuver in the third grade at Adelaide Elementary School. She was taught the procedure again in the fourth grade. "I'm glad that Adelaide teaches this stuff or else I wouldn't have a little sister," said Britnee. Anyone can perform the Heimlich maneuver, including 10-year-old Britnee Carter, who saved the life of her baby sister. Britnee saved 1 -year-old sister, Malyree, before she went to school one 'morning. The baby had swallowed a penny and it was lodged in her wind pipe. "So I proceeded to do the Heimlich maneuver. I felt where Malyree's ribs and sternum were. I used my index and middle fingers on both sides, and I pushed in and up. The penny just came out of her," said Britnee, who then walked walk-ed out of the house to go to school and left Malyree with her other |