A two-year-old toddler choked on Wednesday evening in her home in the city of Bnei Brak while eating an apple.
The rescue forces called to the scene provided her with initial medical treatment, and she was evacuated for further treatment to Schneider Hospital in Petah Tikva.
Haim Israel Katz, the driver of the United Hatzalah ambulance, and paramedics Shmulik Lustig and Nathaniel Ginsburg: "The toddler was in danger of dying after, according to her family, she choked while eating an apple. During the life-saving operations we performed on her, the apple was ejected from her trachea and she began to breathe on her own again.
""After initial aid, she was evacuated in a United Hatzalah ambulance for further tests at Schneider Hospital in Petah Tikva, where her condition is stable.".
Rescue paramedic Harshi Kraus: "When I arrived at the scene, the parents brought me a two-year-old baby girl who was having difficulty breathing, after the parents said she had choked on an apple. Together with MDA paramedics, we began life-saving operations to remove the foreign body, and after the parts of the apple were removed, she was evacuated fully conscious for further treatment at Schneider Hospital in Petah Tikva.""
