Twice during a barbecue: 60-year-old dies from steak, 70-year-old chokes - and is in serious condition

April 15, 2021   

A 60-year-old man choked to death today (Thursday) during a barbecue he held with his friends on Yirmiyahu Street in Ramat Hasharon. David Bader, a paramedic with United Hatzalah, said: "When we arrived at the scene, we encountered a man who, according to his friends, lost consciousness while eating steak from the barbecue for the holiday - and may have choked. With the assistance of additional paramedics, we performed CPR on him. Unfortunately, after the end of the CPR efforts, he was pronounced dead at the scene." About an hour and a half later, United Hatzalah medical teams were called to save a 70-year-old man who choked during a barbecue on Weizmann Street in Gedera. David Simach, a paramedic with United Hatzalah, said, "According to his family, this is a man who choked from a piece of food that got stuck in his windpipe, during the barbecue for the holiday. "With the assistance of a volunteer United Hatzalah doctor, we provided him with first aid and saved his life. "A piece of food that caused him to choke on a shirt from his windpipe, after which he was taken to the hospital in serious condition.".