How to save someone’s life if they are choking? Heart surgeon shares tips and steps for Heimlich manoeuvre

While choking is not uncommon, it has the potential of becoming a life-threatening emergency within moments. Dr London ...
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What to do if someone starts choking

EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — A Warwick teacher is being praised for her quick actions after she used the Heimlich maneuver to save a young student who was choking. It’s important to note that if ...

Anti-choking devices aren't as reliable as Heimlich maneuver | Opinion

A choking person will die or suffer brain damage in 4 minutes. Let's heed Dr. Henry Heimlich's words and not waste critical ...
The Republic

Columbus police add LifeVac to patrol cars to aid those who are choking

Columbus police officers have added a new life-saving tool to their repertoire. Officer Alec McCullough had seen advertisements on social media for an accordion-style device called a LifeVac and it ...
The Advocate

Saving lives with the Heimlich maneuver: how and when to do it

The 'Five and Five', or most commonly the Heimlich maneuver, is a first-aid method for choking — when a person can’t breathe because food, a toy or another foreign item is blocking their throat or ...
KTVU

Visiting pastor halts sermon to save woman choking on peppermint

COTTONWOOD, Ala. - A pastor, visiting an Alabama church, said he went from preacher to lifesaver when he stopped his sermon to help a woman who seemed to be choking. Brandon Stewart, 41, said last ...
The New Yorker

A Guide to Saving Someone from Choking, Written by a Blogger

Welcome! Maybe you’re here to prepare for a hypothetical future choking scenario. Or maybe someone is currently choking in your general vicinity. I’m guessing the latter! Saving someone from choking, ...