While driving to pick up his 16-month-old daughter from daycare on August 4, Tucker Woodcock, a firefighter with Effingham County Fire Rescue, received a distressing alert that a nearby infant was unconscious and choking on an object lodged in her throat.
Although he was off duty, he realized he was only minutes away, and he immediately rerouted to the emergency.
Upon arrival, Woodcock immediately saw the situation as it was. The infant’s grandmother held the unconscious infant in her arms, and Woodcock jumped into action as he began performing back-thrusts, a technique used to dislodge objects from the throat. Shortly after beginning the action, Woodcock reported hearing a small bead hit the floor, the little girl’s body coming back to life soon after followed by a wave of relief from Woodcock…