80R15686 JGH-D

By: Homer H.C.R. No. 216

CONCURRENT RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, Nine-year-old Katie Chaix has received the Life Saver Award from her school, Cecil Everett Elementary School of Paris, for saving the life of her younger sister with the Heimlich maneuver; and

WHEREAS, The Chaix family was at dinner one evening when Katie's five-year-old sister, Chloe, stopped eating, clutched her throat, and began to turn blue; and

WHEREAS, Only two days before, in a physical education class taught by North Lamar Independent School District nurse Carla Spann, Miss Chaix had learned that grabbing one's throat is the universal sign for choking; she also learned, in that same class, how to dislodge food by using the Heimlich maneuver; and

WHEREAS, The quick-thinking Miss Chaix immediately recognized that her little sister was choking and sprang to her aid; remembering what she had learned in nurse Spann's presentation, she got young Chloe out of her chair and performed the Heimlich maneuver, clearing her airway and saving her life; and

WHEREAS, The girls' mother, Shellie Chaix, contacted the school to express her gratitude for her daughter's lesson in the lifesaving technique, and during a recent assembly, Katie Chaix was honored by her school with the Life Saver Award; and

WHEREAS, By paying close attention in class and using what she had learned skillfully and without hesitation, Katie Chaix rescued a loved one and averted what could have been a terrible tragedy; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED, That the 80th Legislature of the State of Texas hereby commend Katie Chaix for saving the life of her sister and congratulate her on her receipt of a Life Saver Award from Cecil Everett Elementary School; and, be it further

RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be prepared for Miss Chaix as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives and Senate.