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Doug Haiko used EMT training to perform the Heimlich maneuver and save an 18-month-old boy choking during his trash route, earning recognition from Vernon town officials.
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Vernon celebrates DPW employee who saved toddler's life
VERNON, Conn. (WTNH) — On Tuesday night, the Town of Vernon honored a Department of Public Works employee who saved the life of an 18-month-old child by the side of the road last week. Doug Haiko started last Thursday just like any other. He went to the DPW yard and got into his truck to [...]
Vernon garbage man honored for saving toddler's life
A Vernon public works employee was honored for saving a toddler’s life at a town council meeting Tuesday night. In the middle of his trash route last Thursday morning, Doug Haiko saw a car on the side of the road and a mom in distress. He said her 18-month-old boy was choking. Using the EMT training he learned years ago, he did the Heimlich maneuver, and after a while, the boy started breathing again. “Really, wasn’t a lot of thinking involved,”…
Connecticut garbage man honored for saving toddler's life
A Vernon public works employee was honored for saving a toddler’s life at a town council meeting Tuesday night. In the middle of his trash route last Thursday morning, Doug Haiko saw a car on the side of the road and a mom in distress. He said her 18-month-old boy was choking. Using the EMT training he learned years ago, he did the Heimlich maneuver, and after a while, the boy started breathing again. “Really, wasn’t a lot of thinking involved,”…
An employee of the public works department of Vernon, Connecticut, was honored for saving the life of a small child at a city council meeting on Tuesday night. On Thursday morning, while carrying out his garbage collection route, Doug Haiko saw a car parked by the side of the road and a distressed mother. According to him, his 18-month-old son was drowning. Thanks to the training of medical emergency technician he received years ago, he practice…
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