Police officer saves a baby choking on milk in Santo Antônio de Pádua. A 1-year-old boy was saved by a civil police officer after choking while drinking a bottle, this Friday morning (11), in Santo Antônio de Pádua, in Noroeste Fluminense. According to witnesses, the child stopped breathing and was rescued in front of the 136th Police Station. The grandmother was at home with her grandson, the family lives across the street from the police station, when the boy choked while taking a bottle. Desperate when she realized that he wasn't breathing, she left the house asking for help. People on the street made the first attempts to free him, but as the child did not react, the grandmother and neighbors went to the police unit in search of help. A civil police officer who was on duty performed the final stage of the Heimlich maneuver, managing to clear the airways and get the boy breathing again. ? Follow the g1 Norte Fluminense channel on WhatsApp. The police officer used the disengagement technique learned during the Civil Police training course. Reproduction g1 The child was then taken in a Civil Police vehicle to Hélio Montezano Hospital, where he received medical care, was stabilized and remained under observation. According to a family acquaintance, the boy was discharged on Saturday (12) and is now at home with his mother. "He was taken to the hospital, received treatment and was discharged. He is at home and is doing well. The grandmother is still very shaken and gets emotional whenever she remembers that she almost lost her grandson, but thanks to the civil police officer's agility and the right maneuver, the boy received first aid for the choking and managed to be saved", he said. The technique used by the police officer is part of the training received by agents during the Civil Police training course of the State of Rio de Janeiro, in the Tactical Pre-Hospital Care (APH-T) discipline, aimed at caring for victims in emergency situations. The child stopped breathing and was rescued by a civil police officer in front of the 136th Police Station. g1 file