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 ...

Many choking deaths can be prevented with these steps. July 28, 2010 — -- If you saw a person choking, would you know what to do? The Heimlich maneuver sounds familiar, but the technique is now ...

It happened in an instant. One second, Dr. Michael Milobsky’s young daughter was eating. The next, she wasn’t making a sound. For a parent, it’s the moment you hope you never face: your child choking.

Adults and children should be given five back blows followed by five abdominal thrusts Choking infants should receive five back blows followed by five chest thrusts using the heel of one hand MONDAY, ...

The 'Five and Five', or most commonly the Heimlich maneuver, is a first-aid method for choking — when a person can’t breathe because food, a toy or another foreign item is blocking their throat or ...

When his young daughter began choking on a piece of pizza crust, pediatrician Dr. Michael Milobsky didn’t panic; he relied on training that he says every parent should know. The father of seven used ...

NEW YORK — It was the scariest choking incident David Palumbo had ever seen. An 88-year-old man had been dining at a Providence, R.I., restaurant in September 2019. Now he was unconscious, with a ...