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Pascack Valley High School Teacher Springs Into Action To Save Choking Student Pascack Valley High School Teacher Springs Into Action To Save Choking Student
Pascack Valley High School Teacher Springs Into Action To Save Choking Student Julianne Downes was teaching her culinary arts students at Pascack Valley High School how to prepare chicken when she noticed something wasn't right. One of the students on March 13 was having trouble breathing and couldn't speak.  That's when Downes jumped into action -- remembering the CPR training the teachers recently had -- and gave her student the heimlich maneuver, the district said in a release. It took nearly 20 times Downes said, but finally, the chicken came out and the student began breathing and required no further medical attention. The district's superintende…

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