Baruch Hashem a 7-month-old girl who was choking on a balloon was successfully resuscitated on Thursday morning 12 Teves in Betar Illit.

MDA reports the call came in at 9:30AM for a 7-month-old baby that was choking on a foreign object. EMTs and paramedics were dispatched and together with Ichud Hatzalah EMS personnel CPR and advanced life support measures were implemented after the foreign body was extricated from the child’s trachea.

B”H after the balloon was removed the child’s spontaneous pulse returned. The child was listed in serious condition during transport to Shaare Zedek Hospital in Jerusalem, unconscious and with assisted ventilations by paramedics.

The baby’s name for tefilos is Sarah bas Shoshana bsoch kol cholei am yisrael.

Photo: A MDA paramedic uses a piece of his blue glove to hold and show the balloon that was lodged in the child’s trachea.

(YWN – Israel Desk, Jerusalem/Photo: Medabrim Tikshoret )