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 — for 20 years — only ...

An 8-year-old boy is being hailed as a hero after saving the life of his choking friend in the elementary school cafeteria.

Skip to 0:55 for the key first aid steps. Watch a British Sign Language version of ... This is sometimes called the Heimlich manoeuvre or abdominal thrust. Don’t do this on a child under a year old.

The American Red Cross–recommended first aid protocol for choking is five back blows and five abdominal thrusts (also called the Heimlich maneuver). Alternating back blows and abdominal thrusts ...

All over the world, the Heimlich maneuver is recommended as a first aid technique to treat a choking person. Though the exact causes for Viren’s death remain unclear, learning this maneuver can ...

This is the moment a restaurant owner rushes over to rescue a diner choking on food while a young customer sitting across from him does nothing, merely gazing at his phone. Footage shows a man who ...

Here are some important first aid dos and don'ts ... Now, should you give someone in distress the Heimlich maneuver right away? No. First, quickly confirm that they're actually choking.

Auri Agramont, 12, were preparing to walk their dogs when her 8-year-old sister, Suri, started choking. As J.D. Miles reports, Auri had just learned the Heimlich maneuver hours earlier.