Baby Chokes on Sukkah Decoration, Narrowly Escapes Death
Translated & summarized from Channel 13 by baba
An eight-month-old baby in Netivot, Israel, survived a life-threatening choking incident caused by a small plastic diamond from a Sukkah decoration. A paramedic successfully removed the object, saving the infant's life.
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- An 8-month-old baby choked on a Sukkah decoration.
- The baby was in a life-threatening condition.
- A paramedic successfully removed the object.
- The incident occurred in Netivot during Sukkot.
An eight-month-old baby boy from Netivot was miraculously saved after choking on a plastic diamond from a Sukkah decoration during the Sukkot holiday. Senior MDA paramedic Uriel Cohen responded to an emergency call late at night and found the infant in a life-threatening choking condition in the building's plaza.
Cohen, speaking about the incident, described receiving the emergency call about the choking baby. Upon arriving at the scene, he quickly identified the infant in severe distress. "I immediately performed several actions on him until I managed to remove the foreign object from his mouth," Cohen stated. He further detailed the baby's critical state, noting he was experiencing respiratory distress and had a bluish complexion before the object was dislodged.
The small plastic diamond, which had detached from a Sukkah decoration, was identified as the cause of the near-fatal incident. What appeared to be an innocent holiday ornament became a deadly trap for the infant, highlighting the potential dangers of small decorative items around young children.
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