- Date
- 2014-04-25
- Kind
- Rescue
- Where
- Beaver Island
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- educationemergency-managementhealthcarepublic-service
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
The June-July 2014 Beaver Beacon reports that Beaver Island Community School senior Ron Marsh used the Heimlich maneuver on April 25 to help an Island resident who was choking. The account credits his school health-occupations and CPR training, volunteer firefighting, and boat-company experience.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, June-July 2014, "Voc-Ed Class Leads Island Student to Save Life."Reports that Ron Marsh, a 17-year-old BICS senior, performed the Heimlich maneuver on April 25, called 911, and was later recognized by the Charlevoix County Sheriff; the article credits CTE health-occupations, CPR, firefighting, and boat-company training. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2014-07_Beaver-Beacon
- The held June-July issue scan confirms the lifesaving account.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2014-07_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “BICS student Ron Marsh uses Heimlich training to save a life”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-voc-ed-ron-marsh-lifesaving-2014/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, June-July 2014, "Voc-Ed Class Leads Island Student to Save Life." (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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