This is the dramatic moment a firefighter rescues a two-year-old child that was choking on a coin.

The tot's family rushed the youngster to their local fire station in Luzania, Goias State, Brazil, on March 10, where firefighters are trained in advanced first aid.

Tense CCTV footage shows the panicked family arrive at the gates and sprint out of the car with the toddler in their arms.

As an officer takes the tot, he holds him face down and begins performing the Heimlich manoeuvre on him.

While the youngster gasps for air and reaches out to their mum, theofficer, named only as Sergeant Peixoto, continues with the procedure until the coin dropsout.

The family members are so relieved they seem to collapse, squatting on the floorin exhaustion as the clip ends.

The family later told local media that the child had found the coin on top of a piece of furniture and swallowed it without warning.

Goias State Military Fire Brigade Battalion said: 'On the afternoon of Sunday, March 10, the parents and grandmother of a child rushed to the Fire Department in Luziania seeking help for a two-year-old child who had swallowed a coin of 25 cents.

'They arrived honking from afar and, as they approached the gate, desperate, they handed the child into the hands of Sgt Peixoto.

'Immediately, the Sergeant began to tap the childseveral times without success, at which point he began the Heimlich manoeuvre.

'Afterthe fifth manoeuvre, the coin was expelled to everyone's relief.

'The rescue teamassessed that the child was out of risk and offered to take him to medicalcare.

'However, the grandmother and parents thanked him and refused transport,preferring to take him home, as he was breathing normally.'

Sergeant Peixoto said: 'I noticed that the child was having a lot of difficulty breathing and was making a strange sound.

'It was a moving moment because everyone there wasdesperate and, upon seeing the child breathing again, they were very relieved and thankedme very much.'