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  2. 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 ...

  3. Groundbreaking - Wikipedia

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    Groundbreaking, also known as cutting, sod-cutting, turning the first sod, turf-cutting, or a sod-turning ceremony, is a traditional ceremony in many cultures that celebrates the first day of construction for a building or other project. Such ceremonies are often attended by dignitaries such as politicians and businesspeople.

  4. List of first response mnemonics - Wikipedia

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    The first responder should perform a head tilt chin lift to open the airway of the casualty. If there is an obstruction in the airway of the casualty, the first responder should place the casualty in the recovery position (being careful to not alter the alignment of their head, neck and spine), and use the casualty's own fingers to remove the ...

  5. First aid - Wikipedia

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    The universal first aid symbol A US Navy corpsman gives first aid to an injured Iraqi citizen.. Medical portal; First aid is the first and immediate assistance given to any person with a medical emergency, [1] with care provided to preserve life, prevent the condition from worsening, or to promote recovery until medical services arrive.

  6. Dugout (shelter) - Wikipedia

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    As shelter was essential, the settlers utilized ribbons of the thick prairie sod cut from the land. The strip could be cut into two foot sections, four to six inches deep, to make an almost perfect building block with good insulating properties. These first homes, often called soddies, were small rooms dug into the side of a low rolling hill ...

  7. US to send new $225 million military aid package to Ukraine ...

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    The U.S. will send about $225 million in military aid to Ukraine, U.S. officials said Thursday, in a new package that includes ammunition Kyiv’s forces could use to strike threats inside Russia ...

  8. Accident triangle - Wikipedia

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    The theory was developed further by Frank E Bird in 1966 based on the analysis of 1.7 million accident reports from almost 300 companies. He produced an amended triangle that showed a relationship of one serious injury accident to 10 minor injury ( first aid only) accidents, to 30 damage causing accidents, to 600 near misses .

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