A Dallas ISD bus driver put her training into action and saved the life of a student. Now, Raquel Radford Baker is being called a hero.
On the morning of Sept. 29, Raquel Radford Baker was sitting outside Seagoville North Elementary noticed a 7-year-old student staggering toward her. She performed the Heimlich maneuver to dislodge a quarter from the boy's throat.bus driver put her training into action and saved the life of a student. Now, she is being called a hero.
On the morning of Sept. 29, Raquel Radford Baker was sitting outside Seagoville North Elementary noticed a 7-year-old student staggering toward her.She then realized the boy was choking.She says the boy had turned blue and was limp. "The whole time I'm saying, ‘Breathe baby, breathe. I got you, breathe,’" she recalled. "All I could think of, I got to save this baby. I have to save him.""He stepped to the side and said 'Miss Rocky, I'm okay. I can breathe,'" said Radford Baker. "I'm just grateful that I was able to save him."She says it was her Dallas ISD CPR and First Aid Training that helped her save the child's life.
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