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  2. Basic airway management - Wikipedia

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    Demonstration of chest thrusts. If the patient can not receive pressure on the abdomen, the abdominal thrusts are replaced by chest thrusts. [8] This is the case of pregnant women, obese people, and others. Chest thrusts are applied in the same manner as abdominal thrusts, but pressing inwards on the lower half of the sternum (the chest bone).

  3. Abdominal thrusts - Wikipedia

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    Abdominal thrusts are recommended only if these methods fail. Point of application of abdominal thrusts (between chest and navel). The hands press inward and upward. The American Red Cross, the NHS, the European Resuscitation Council and the Mayo Clinic recommend a repeating cycle of five back slaps and five abdominal thrusts.

  4. File:Abdominal thrusts, point of applying.jpg - Wikipedia

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    English: Abdominal thrusts (Heimlich maneuver) must be applied on the area located between the chest and the belly button. If the belly presents problems, use chest thrusts instead. If the belly presents problems, use chest thrusts instead.

  5. Airway management - Wikipedia

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    Performing abdominal thrusts on someone else involves standing behind them, and providing inward and upward forceful compressions in the upper abdomen, concretely in the area located between the chest and the belly button. The rescuer usually gives the compressions using a fist that is grasped with the other hand. [citation needed]

  6. File:Abdominal thrusts against choking (cropped).jpg - Wikipedia

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  7. Choking - Wikipedia

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    Chest thrusts are performed in a similar way to the abdominal thrusts, but with the fist placed on the lower half of the vertical bone that is along the middle of the chest (the chest bone, named sternum), rather than on the abdomen. As a reference, in women, the zone of pressure of the chest thrusts would be normally higher than the breasts.

  8. Wait, What's the Difference Between a Glute Bridge and a Hip ...

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    Perry also walks people through the hip thrust. Equipment needed: Barbell or band Start by resting your shoulders against a bench. Place a weight on your hip region or band on your legs right ...

  9. Henry Heimlich - Wikipedia

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    He is widely credited for the discovery of the Heimlich maneuver, [2] a technique of abdominal thrusts for stopping choking, [3] first described in 1974. [4] He also invented the Micro Trach portable oxygen system for ambulatory patients [5] and the Heimlich Chest Drain Valve, or "flutter valve", which drains blood and air out of the chest ...