A Mass General Brigham emergency care doctor shares step-by-step guidance on how to administer the Heimlich maneuver to adults, children and yourself in a choking event.

How to Do the Heimlich Maneuver Step-by-step instructions on how to do the Heimlich or abdominal thrusts and unblock a person’s airway.

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 ...

Make a fist with one hand and place the thumb side against your abdomen just above your navel. Pull your fist inward and upward with force. (It should be intense enough to hurt.) Continue thrusting ...

The 15-year-old said a biomedical science class she'd taken helped her know what to do. The employee said he wouldn't be alive if it weren't for her.

[IMAGE] Recognizing the signs of choking, knowing how to act and administering a simple technique — like the Heimlich maneuver — can make a difference between life or death.

For decades, the Heimlich maneuver has been lauded as the best action to save someone who is choking, but now experts say there is a better way.

Steps To Perform The Heimlich Maneuver Here’s how you can correctly perform the Heimlich Manoeuver in emergency situations: Step 1: First, assess and check if the person is choking.

That's why I was glad to have stumbled across veterinarian Dr. Adam Christman's tutorial on how to perform the Heimlich Maneuver on a dog. It literally could save their life!