{"id":367116,"date":"2026-06-19T13:02:56","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T13:02:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/367116\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T13:02:56","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T13:02:56","slug":"mariposa-deputy-uses-dechoker-to-save-16-month-old-in-choking-emergency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/367116\/","title":{"rendered":"Mariposa deputy uses DeCHOKER to save 16-month-old in choking emergency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MARIPOSA, Calif. (FOX26) \u2014 A Mariposa deputy was able to save a 16-month-old child from choking thanks to having the right equipment. <\/p>\n<p>Deputies responded to a report of a choking child. <\/p>\n<p>When they arrived, the child was turning blue and was not breathing.<\/p>\n<p>Deputies used a DeCHOKER device and performed one suction pull, dislodging the object blocking the child\u2019s airway and restoring breathing.<\/p>\n<p>The sheriff\u2019s office said the department invested several years ago in DeCHOKER devices, placing one in every patrol vehicle. <\/p>\n<p>The office credited quick action, training, and having the equipment available with saving the child\u2019s life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MARIPOSA, Calif. (FOX26) \u2014 A Mariposa deputy was able to save a 16-month-old child from choking thanks to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":367117,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[112,114,113],"class_list":["post-367116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fresno","tag-fresno","tag-fresno-headlines","tag-fresno-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=367116"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/367116\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/367117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=367116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=367116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=367116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}