Comments | farnam: Could you preform the Heimlich manoeuvre in an emergency?

farnam

Could you preform the Heimlich manoeuvre in an emergency?

Sep 22, 2011 08:51

So, yesterday I was on the bus. Going home from work, so it was fairly full. A gaggle of school girls got on somewhere along the route, and hung out in the exit doorway.

Very suddenly, one of them had massive trouble breathing - she started to make a very distressed whooping sound. I looked around, expecting half the bus to run to her aid all at one ( Read more... )

first aid, idiot bystanders, not always defining myself as disabled

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alan1957 September 22 2011, 13:02:02 UTC

How do I know that I could do it in total confidence? Simple...I once did to to myself! [Boring, and slightly disgusting details on request.]

Incidentally (which means here comes boy fact #196) did you know that you are not allowed to call it the 'Heimlich', cos the name has been copywrited (or wotever the proper term is)!