VIDEO: Doorman saves 17-day-old newborn choking on milk in Uberlândia

Doorman Luciano Morais, 54, saved a 17-day-old baby who was choking on breast milk in a condominium in the Jardim Brasília neighborhood, in Uberlândia, in the Triângulo Mineiro. The case happened around 5am on Tuesday (10).

Upon noticing the mother's desperation, Luciano took the baby in his arms and performed first aid maneuvers to free him. The moment was recorded by a monitoring camera. See the video above.

On TV Integração, the doorman said that he was cleaning the guardhouse at the end of his shift when he noticed the desperate mother in the elevator. He waited for her to come down, picked up the baby and took him inside the guardhouse, where he would be more protected from the cold, to start helping.

"At that moment she only had me. If I hadn't remained calm, I don't know what would have happened. The mother was already disoriented, I needed to convey reassurance", he said.

According to Luciano, the knowledge that helped save the baby came from training carried out four years ago, when he worked in another location. On that occasion, he learned first aid techniques, such as cardiac massage and procedures to treat people in different emergency situations.

Even after four years of training, Luciano continued to follow content about first aid on television and the internet. According to him, this helped him keep the techniques in his memory.

The doorman also said that he had already helped another person in an emergency situation. In a building where he previously worked, he helped an elderly woman who was suffering from a heart attack.

According to Luciano, after the choking, the baby was taken to a health unit and is doing well.