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A Cinnaminson police officer recently saved his colleague's life. Police Sgt. Garrett McLaverty was on break April 1 when he ...
If your dog isn’t breathing, use CPR instead. Heimlich maneuver for cats For cats, check if you can see an object in their throat by prying open their mouth and looking inside. If you can’t ...
At first, the Heimlich maneuver did not catch on with the medical ... the medical community recommends CPR. Entergy Louisiana employee Ron Moore, who was recognized in 2021 by the American Red ...
While Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) is a popular lifesaving technique performed on people with breathing difficulties or during a cardiac event, the Heimlich maneuver is another commonly ...
The Heimlich maneuver is a first-aid method recommended by most health organizations, which uses abdominal thrusts to dislodge an obstruction from a person’s windpipe. Mass General Brigham ...
Richmond Public Schools says a Miles J. Jones Elementary School fourth-grader quickly jumped into action when a friend began ...
What do you do when someone is drowning? Many people think first of CPR. Few think of the Heimlich maneuver. But its inventor believes hundreds of lives could be saved if more people knew that the ...
Wiggins learned the Heimlich maneuver from his mother, Charlie Gilliam, a certified instructor who also taught him CPR (Cardiopulmonary resuscitation) when he was seven years old. Wiggins told ...
Cats and dogs sometimes need CPR or the Heimlich maneuver, just like people do. "I stuck my finger in his mouth because he couldn't breathe, and there was a chunk of cat food lodged in his ...
CINCINNATI (WKRC) - Teachers in Ohio and Kentucky aren't required to know CPR or the Heimlich maneuver like teachers are in neighboring Indiana. Members of the Kentucky Legislature are now ...
For decades, the Heimlich maneuver has been lauded as the best course of action to save someone who is choking, but now experts say there is a better way. Since it was published in 1974 ...