I was heading to my bed on Saturday night when I saw this tweet from Lib Dem MSP Alex Cole-Hamilton:
Scary, scary stuff. The thought of my child choking was probably one of the things that scared me most. I made sure I knew what do do if that happened, but I’m glad I never had to demonstrate the skill.
Thank heavens little Darcy was fine, due to skills learned by her Dad a quarter of a century ago.
I had a friend who doesn’t do social media and who’s on holiday in Australia contact me to say they’d seen Alex featured in the press so many people across the world will have seen his new found mission to raise awareness of what happened to his daughter to make sure that every parent is equipped with first aid skills.
His actions will save more lives than Darcy’s.
The very next morning a member of my family faced a medical emergency at which first aid was required.
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