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  2. Choking emergency? How to do the Heimlich maneuver - AOL

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    800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Sign in. Mail. ... if a baby under a year old is choking, hold them face down along the length of your arm or thigh, keeping their head lower than their bottom ...

  3. Basic airway management - Wikipedia

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    In modern times, some commercial anti-choking devices (LifeVac, Dechoker, Lifewand) [10] [11] [12] have been developed and released to the market. They do not require electricity to work. The devices use a mechanical vacuum effect instead. Some choking cases where anti-choking devices were employed have appeared in the media. [13] [14]

  4. Doctors Share Lifesaving Steps to Take During a Medical ... - AOL

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    Choking. Choking on food or another object is among the top causes of preventable injury-related death, and bystander rescue can save lives. In a 2024 study of patients admitted to the ER with ...

  5. Twelve-year-old boy saves choking classmate with Heimlich ...

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    A quick-thinking 12-year-old in Pennsylvania saved his friend from choking after successfully performing the Heimlich manoeuvre on him.. Ethan Williams performed the manoeuvre on his friend Bryce ...

  6. Chokehold - Wikipedia

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    Gogoplata – Performed from full guard by using an omoplata setup to trap the top man's arm, then pulling the bottom man's foot past the top man's head, pressing the shin of that leg against the throat. The bottom man then pulls on his opponent's head, cutting off the airflow and forcing him to submit or risk passing out from lack of oxygen.

  7. Pharyngeal reflex - Wikipedia

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    In a reflex arc, a series of physiological steps occur very rapidly to produce a reflex.Generally, a sensory receptor receives an environmental stimulus, in this case from objects reaching nerves in the back of the throat, and sends a message via an afferent nerve to the central nervous system (CNS).

  8. New Sewickley Township officer helped save student choking on ...

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    The incident started when an 8-year-old student started to choke on a bottle cap around 12:40 p.m. Staff were notified of the struggling student, which prompted them to alert the elementary school ...

  9. Choke-out - Wikipedia

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    A choke-out is a hand-to-hand combat tactic involving the use of a chokehold to cause syncope, or temporary loss of consciousness, at which point the choke is released.. Common chokeholds in grappling used to accomplish a choke-out include the rear naked choke, arm triangle, triangle choke, and the guil