than the Heimlich maneuver. Needless to say, Dr. Heimlich’s questionable actions led the American Red Cross to make a big change to its first-aid protocols in 2006. Up to then, the Red Cross had ...

In 2006, the American Red Cross, which undergoes a review of first-aid protocols every five years, decided to downgrade the importance of the Heimlich maneuver. The organization instead ...

According to Elizabeth Hewett Brumberg, MD, an American Red Cross Scientific Advisory ... Clutch your throat to show them you ...

While CPR and the Heimlich maneuver remain critical in emergencies, the physical nature of these procedures and heightened ...

Pull your hands sharply inwards and upwards. Repeat up to five times. This is sometimes called the Heimlich manoeuvre or abdominal thrust. Don’t do this on a child under a year old. Support them, ...

“It’s just very emotional, I guess… just shocking to me that I was able to do that for someone," Natalie May recalled of her heroic action A Michigan high school senior’s recent education ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — East Kentwood High School senior Natalie May saved a man’s life this past Tuesday by performing the Heimlich maneuver at Brann’s Steakhouse and Grille in Grand Rapids.

I didn’t know he was actually, actually chocking, so I just did my thing, which was a Heimlich,” said Jayceon ... that he had to be given the Heimlic maneuver or anything like that.