'Casualty' helps save young boy's life

A seven-year-old boy has saved his brother's life after emulating scenes from Casualty.

Cavan Day was playing outside with his brother Ethan, 2, when the younger sibling began to choke on a small ball. Moments later, Cavan managed to dislodge the object after thumping his brother between the shoulder blades.

"I saw a scene on Casualty once where someone was choking on something and I just remembered what to do when I saw Ethan with the ball in his mouth," Cavan told The Sun.

"I love Casualty because I want to be a paramedic and I watch it to see how to treat people. I want to be a paramedic because you get to drive an ambulance and bring the trolley in - that's my favourite bit."

The boys' mother Sarah added: "Cavan has always been obsessed by Casualty. He knows it's all fake so we just monitor the content and don't let him watch anything too gory.

"He's already told us he wants to be a paramedic and when he's old enough we'll let him join St John Ambulance. I'm so proud of him."