Teenage girl nominated for award after saving choking aunt

Beth Cromarty (left) saved her aunt Jemma Landels (right) from choking on a piece of cake in June this year

A 15-year-old girl in Eyemouth has been nominated for an award, after she saved her aunt from choking on a piece of cake.

Beth Cromarty has been shortlisted for "Young Hero of the Year" at the Scottish First Aid Awards.

Beth helped her aunt using first aid training that she had recently received from Eyemouth Response Team.

Beth's aunt, a co-ordinator at Eyemouth Response Team, said that the training had been "lifesaving".

The incident occurred in June this year.

"Lost my breath"

Ms. Landels, a florist, said: "We had sat down to enjoy a coffee and piece of cake in my shop and as I took a bite of the cake the hundreds and thousands on top of it got stuck in my throat, and I swallowed the cake whole.

"I completely lost my breath and couldn't make a noise. It was a horrible experience.

"But Beth remembered the first aid training she had been on two weeks previously and rushed to help me. She gave me five back blows and was about to do abdominal thrusts but thankfully the cake got dislodged."

The first aid training sessions had been led by Scottish Ambulance Service community first responder Martin Galloway, of Coldingham in Berwickshire. He has been nominated for a Scottish First Aid Award in the Community First Aid Champion section.

The awards ceremony will held in Glasgow on 25 November.