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What Every Student Needs To Know About The Choking Game

Erik’s Cause – Help Stop the Choking Game ®. What Every Student Needs To Know About The Choking Game. OUR MISSION

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What Every Student Needs To Know About The Choking Game

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  1. Erik’s Cause – Help Stop the Choking Game ® What Every Student Needs To Know About The Choking Game OUR MISSION Is to bring awareness to students, staff, families, and the communities of the Deadly “Choking Game” into the national spotlight so parents and children understand its true dangers and lives can be saved. We believe education is the most effective way to combat it rampant popularity.

  2. Choking Game Kills 12 Yr Old, Parents Urging Awareness KRDO NewsChannel 13 "Choking Game" Takes Life of 12-Year-Old Erik Robinson COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. -- The death of 12 year old Colorado Springs boy is shining a light on what many kids think is a harmless game. Erik Robinson, a 12-year-old California boy who dreamed of joining the military, died in his family's kitchen.

  3. The Choking Game…AKA: Erik’s Cause®www.erikscause.org

  4. What do you think happens when the brain loses oxygen? • Bruises, concussions (from falling down after passing out) • Short term memory loss • Brain damage • Retinal hemorrhaging • Incontinence • Stroke • Cardiac arrest • Brain death • Death

  5. Amazing Brain Facts • The brain weighs about three pounds. • The brain is not fully developed until we are about 25 years old! • The brain is the command center of the body. • The brain has about 100 billion nerve cells called neurons. • The brain generates 25 watts of power – enough to light a bulb. • If we want these messages to travel well so our bodies can work well, we must take very good care of our brains. • Neurons send up to 50,000 messages through the brain per minute. Erik’s Cause®www.erikscause.org

  6. Choking Game Harmful Effects MEMORY LOSS HEADACHES BRAIN DAMAGE BRAIN DEATH RETINAL HEMORRHAGE BRUISING ON NECK SKULL FRACTURES STROKE CARDIAC ARREST BROKEN BONES DEATH LOSE CONTROL OF BODILY FUNCTIONS (urination & defecation) Erik’s Cause® www.erikscause.org 

  7. People faint all the time … Why is it a problem? • Fainting – the body’s protective measure • A TEMPORARY loss of consciousness due to a decrease of oxygen and blood for a variety of reasons • running too fast or not eating enough • standing up to fast from lying down • usually symptoms are present beforehand • blurred vision, dizziness, weakness • the body’s way of helping the brain breathe normally again • usually regain consciousness within few moments • Fainting from the Choking Game – • a DELIBERATE shut down of oxygen and blood to the brain • Entire shut down of oxygen and blood, not a slowing process • NOT a protective measure by the body to restore equilibrium • Destroys brain cells

  8. Death could result from… • Cardiac arrest sudden blood surge after blood has been cut off to the brain • Asphyxiationfrom the lack of oxygen to the brain • Fatal injury when individuals lose consciousness (falling)

  9. DEATH CAN RESULT the first time or anytime someone tries the Choking Game.

  10. How can we protect ourselves from the dangers of the Choking Game? • If you are doing it, STOP NOW. • If you can’t stop, ASK FOR HELP. • If you know someone who is doing it, TELL THEM TO STOP. • Ask any responsible adult for HELP.

  11. How can we say “NO”? • USE HUMOR • “No, I need all the brain cells I’ve got.” • GIVE A REASON • “No, it’s stupid and it can kill you.” • WALK AWAY • If others ask you to try it, just leave. • CHANGE THE SUBJECT • Talk about something else..

  12. What can you do at school if… • You know someone who is playing the Choking Game? • Talk to an adult. Who? • Teacher, counselor, nurse, parent volunteer, coach, principal • See someone playing the Choking Game? • Get help from an adult immediately. For example, school nurse.

  13. What can you do at home if… • You know someone who is playing the Choking Game? • Talk to an adult. Who? • Parents, older siblings, aunts/uncles, grandparents, adult neighbor • See someone playing the Choking Game? • Get help from an adult immediately. • If they are unconscious, call 911.

  14. Even Smart, strong kids can make dumb choices with deadly consequences… Some kids – like Erik – tried it only once They didn’t know they were gambling with their lives… “Remember, it’s not a game, it’s a dangerous and DEADLY activity.”

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