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First aid for choking on food

1. Ask the person:

"Are you choking?"
person choking on food

2. If a victim cannot breathe, cough, or speak...perform the Heimlich Maneuver:
  • Stand behind the victim.
  • Wrap your arms around the victim's waist.
  • Make a fist with one hand. Place your fist (thumbside) against the victim's stomach in the midline just above the navel and well below the rib margin.
  • Grasp your fist with your other hand.
  • Press into stomach with a quick upward thrust.
Repeat the Heimlich Maneuver if necessary to dislodge food
3. Repeat thrust if necessary.
Repeat the Heimlich Maneuver if necessary to dislodge food
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Take basic first aid training through the local chapter of the Red Cross