Swallowing Tips

A Heimlich Maneuver By A Third Party

Basically, to do a Heimlich maneuver:

• Stand behind the affected person.
• Reach both hands around to the front of the person 
• Place the thumb side of your fist just above the navel and below the rib cage.
• Grasp your fist with the other hand.
• Give a series of 4 quick inward thrusts.  This compresses the lungs and exerts pressure on any object lodged in the throat. The pressure causes the object to be expelled. 
• Repeat the thrusts until the obstruction is removed. 
• NOTE: Do not squeeze the ribcage. Confine the force of the thrust to your hands.

To do a Heimlich Maneuver on yourself

• Make a fist and place the thumb side of your fist against your upper abdomen, below the ribcage and above the navel.
• Grasp your fist with your other hand and press into your upper abdomen with a quick upward thrust.
• Repeat until the object is expelled.

Alternatively, you can lean over a fixed horizontal object (table edge, chair, railing) and press your upper abdomen against the edge to produce a quick upward thrust. Repeat until the object is expelled.

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