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Choking Prevention Class To Be Offered At Fox Meadow Elementary
Parents must sign a permission slip for their children to participate.
SCARSDALE, NY — Fifth-grade Fox Meadow Elementary School students will have the opportunity to learn how to prevent choking.
The voluntary program will be offered at lunch in a 30-minute class Thursday, March 30.
A Scarsdale Volunteer Ambulance Corp member, who is an American Heart Association certified instructor, will be giving the class.
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The students will learn the basics of choking safety including the Heimlich maneuver, how it works, and some choking preventive measures.
It is being run as a pilot program to see how well the children respond to the training, and if it goes well, the goal is to expand it to fourth-graders in the fall.
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Parents have to sign a permission slip for their children to participate.
For questions, contact the Cliona Cronin, the school nurse.
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