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  2. Abdominal thrusts - Wikipedia

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    The Heimlich Institute has stopped advocating on their website for the Heimlich maneuver to be used as a first aid measure for drowning victims. Heimlich's son, Peter M. Heimlich, alleges that in August 1974 his father published the first of a series of fraudulent case reports in order to promote the use of abdominal thrusts for near-drowning ...

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

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    The Heimlich maneuver is a first-aid method recommended by most health organizations, which uses abdominal thrusts to dislodge an obstruction from a person’s windpipe. Boy, 8, Saves Choking ...

  4. Basic airway management - Wikipedia

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    Basic treatment includes several procedures aiming at removing foreign bodies from the airways. Most protocols recommend encouraging the victim to cough, followed by hard back slaps, and if none of these things work; abdominal thrusts (Heimlich maneuver) or chest thrusts. [5]

  5. Henry Heimlich - Wikipedia

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    Henry Judah Heimlich (February 3, 1920 – December 17, 2016) was an American thoracic surgeon and medical researcher. 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]

  6. Arizona second-grader uses Heimlich maneuver to save ... - AOL

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    An Arizona second-grader was celebrated as a hero — and honored at a school assembly last week — for his quick thinking after saving his friend who started to choke on his lunch during the ...

  7. Autistic boy saves classmate's life and credits Spongebob ...

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    When autistic teen Brandon Williams noticed that his classmate was choking on an apple during lunch, he knew exactly what to do to help her.

  8. Choking - Wikipedia

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    Although it is a well known method for choking intervention, the Heimlich Maneuver is backed by limited evidence and unclear guidelines. The use of the maneuver has saved many lives but can produce deleterious consequences if not performed correctly. This includes rib fracture, perforation of the jejunum, diaphragmatic herniation, among others ...

  9. Veterinarian’s Easy ‘Heimlich Maneuver’ Tutorial Could Save ...

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    An information card explaining general first aid treatments could be helpful, too. There's even an app you can put on your phone called the Pet First Aid app by the American Red Cross.