FirstAidforChokingAmericanInstituteforPreventiveMedicineTheseemergencyproceduresforchoking,whicharebasedonproceduresrecommendedbytheAmericanHeartAssociation,arereprintedfromtheHomeOrganizerforMedicalEmergencies
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Adults:ConsciousVictim1
ChokingisindicatedbytheUniversalDistressSignal(handsclutchingthethroat)
Ifthevictimcanspeak,coughorbreathe,donotinterfere
Ifthevictimcannotspeak,coughorbreathe,giveabdominalthrusts(theHeimlichmaneuver)
Reacharoundthevictim'swaist
Positiononeclenchedfistabovenavelandbelowribcage
Graspfistwithotherhand
Pulltheclenchedfistsharplyanddirectlybackwardandupwardundertheribcage6to10timesquickly
Incaseofextremeobesityorlatepregnancy,givechestthrusts
Standbehindvictim
Placethumbofleftfistagains