SAMMAMISH, WA (December 6, 2001) – Austin Rosedale of Pine Lake Covenant Church in Sammamish isn’t a doctor, but he showed his third grade classmates at Sunny Hills Elementary the value of the Heimlich maneuver last Friday as he helped save the life of his teacher.
A cough drop had become lodged in the throat of teacher Charisse Precht during a computer class. Eight-year-old Rosedale wrapped his arms around the teacher’s abdominal region and squeezed. It took two tries, but Rosedale cleared his teacher’s air passage while other children ran for help.
A cough drop had become lodged in the throat of teacher Charisse Precht during a computer class. Eight-year-old Rosedale wrapped his arms around the teacher’s abdominal region and squeezed. It took two tries, but Rosedale cleared his teacher’s air passage while other children ran for help.
Rosedale learned the technique, along with the basics of cardiopulmonary resuscitation, from diagrams contained in his day-planner calendar, according to his mother, Krissy, an administrative assistant at Pine Lake Covenant. She describes her son as “slightly precocious, but very engaging.” That side of his personality was evident as he was interviewed on NBC’s Today show earlier this week.
Young Rosedale lives in a suburb of Seattle and enjoys Lego building, among other things. It is his voracious desire to learn and his memory that set him apart, according to his mother. “He loves to share what he knows and he actually takes after his (10-year-old) sister Rachel,” she said. “They both love to know things and they both love the Lord.”
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