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A choking emergency can turn really scary, really quickly. Whether it’s yourself or another person, knowing how to remove the blockage while staying calm can be the difference between life and death.

For decades, the Heimlich maneuver has been lauded as the best course of action to save someone who is choking, but now experts say there is a better way. Since it was published in 1974, the Heimlich ...

The Heimlich maneuver was first described in the June 1974 edition of Emergency Medicine, and then later that same month in the popular press with a widely syndicated article from the Chicago Daily ...

With babies and toddlers, choking typically occurs suddenly and silently when a baby sticks an object in their mouth to ...

A dog was spotted choking in a dramatic video before its owner jumped in to perform the Heimlich maneuver. In footage obtained by CCTV, a woman in Bangkok, Thailand, was seen making food in the ...

ST. LOUIS - It’s a method of helping choking victims that just about everyone is familiar with. The Heimlich maneuver was popularized by the late Dr. Henry Heimlich in the 1970s. He made national ...

He says dad is wrong in urging maneuver be used on near-drowning victims. Dr. Henry Heimlich twice cited a 1981 Dallas, Pa., near-drowning case as evidence that his Heimlich maneuver saves the lives ...

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