A round of applause from a lunchroom filled with students. A 6th grade teacher from Maine was presented with the national Red Cross Lifesaving Award. “There are only a handful of these that are ...

Entergy Louisiana employee Ron Moore, who was recognized in 2021 by the American Red Cross with a Certificate of Extraordinary Personal Action, knows how impactful knowing the Heimlich maneuver ...

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.

In this article, we will discuss CPR, the Heimlich Maneuver, and Bleeding Control as a few of the most basic – and without question most important – first aid skills everyone should know.

Dr. Henry Heimlich—the controversial creator of the Heimlich Maneuver—warred with the American Red Cross for more than 40 years.

According to StatPearls Publishing, the American Red Cross (ARC) and the American Heart Association (AHA) continued to promote backslaps for ten years after the introduction of the Heimlich maneuver.

When someone is choking, learning life-saving procedures such as the Heimlich maneuver could make the difference between life and death.

A while ago, I wrote a column on the Heimlich maneuver, a well-known method to save choking victims. After the column appeared, I received an email from Peter Heimlich, the son of the late Henry ...

The American Red Cross began adopting Heimlich’s abdominal thrust maneuver in 1976. in 2005, the ARC "downgraded" abdominal thrusts (aka the Heimlich maneuver) to a secondary treatment response ...

If you want to learn more about the Heimlich maneuver you can find information here. If you want to take a CPR class through the Red Cross you can find classes in your area.