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Myleene Klass has stressed the importance of teaching first aid in schools after saving both her daughters from choking.
The radio presenter, 44, recalled the moment she was caught off-guard when her daughter Ava, 14, choked on calamari while on holiday four years ago, and when Hero, 11, got a plastic star stuck in her throat when she was 18 months old.
Excerpts of her new book They Don't Teach This At School were published in The Sun on Monday ahead of the tome's release next Thursday, with the former Hear'Say star outlining the importance of basic survival skills in the text.
Safety first: Myleene Klass, 44, has stressed the importance of teaching first aid in schools after saving both her daughters from choking (pictured in November)
She wrote : 'A couple of years ago we were relaxing on holiday and my defences were down, so when Ava started to choke on calamari I didn’t immediately realise.
'Hero choked on a small plastic star when she was one and a half.'
The Smooth Radio host went on to describe the mechanics of what to do if someone is choking, and even shared a step-by-step guide to performing CPR.
Scary: The musician, who recently shared a video of her family learning CPR on Twitter, recalled the moment daughter Ava, 14,
