How to Do the Heimlich Maneuver

This is how to do the Heimlich Maneuver. This is performed whenever someone over the age of one is choking and is still conscious.

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You do the Heimlich maneuver for anyone older the age of 1 that is choking as demonstrated by the instructor.

1. If the person is actively coughing, encourage them to continue and monitor them closely.
2. Ask the person “Are you choking? Can you speak?”
3. If the person can still speak or is actively coughing, encourage them to continue and monitor them closely.
4. If unable to speak or cough, stand behind the person with your arms around the person’s waist. If a bystander is available, send them to call 911.
5. Make a fist with one hand. Place thumb side of your fist in the person’s stomach above navel. Grasp your fist with your other hand.
6. Press in and upward as hard as you can.
7. Repeat thrusts until the object is expelled, or the victim falls unconscious.

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