An emergency procedure to help someone who is choking because food is lodged in the trachea.
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Examples for "abdominal thrusts "
1 The technique requires a rescuer to carry out abdominal thrusts on a choke victim to dislodge the blockage.
1 I nearly needed someone to come and give me the Heimlich manoeuvre to help me out there.
2 The actor reportedly realised the fellow party guest couldn't breath and performed the Heimlich manoeuvre on him.
3 'Actually, I said Geheimes Hausarchiv, not Heimlich manoeuvre , but I get your point.
4 If you want to know about Galapagos Islands or the Heimlich manoeuvre , then Bunny Junior is your man.
5 'I heard Heimlich manoeuvre and Camelot.
1 I felt like I'd just gotten the Heimlich maneuver from a gorilla.
2 All from strangers who Heimlich Maneuvered me in some restaurant somewhere.
3 I'd had to perform the Heimlich maneuver just to get her breathing again.
4 One particular shot comes to mind of a man giving someone the Heimlich maneuver .
5 Ellie, who had been studying a poster on the Heimlich maneuver , looked over at her.
6 The next sound out of his mouth was like a walrus getting the Heimlich maneuver .
7 If Old Gizzard were choking to death, of course I would give him the Heimlich maneuver .
8 Who cares if she knows the Heimlich maneuver ?
9 Immediately, Eastwood stepped in and performed the Heimlich maneuver , the Carmel Pine Cone reported in Friday's edition.
10 Did Gandhi know the Heimlich maneuver ?
11 I never learned the Heimlich maneuver .
12 He makes his living teaching pet owners how to give the Heimlich maneuver and CPR to their dogs.
13 So I didn't know if I should be in on the joke, or try to perform the Heimlich maneuver .
14 Because if you choke on it, then no one is going to be there to apply the Heimlich maneuver .
15 Instantly suspecting what he had done, the doctor stood him up, turned him around, and proceeded to perform the Heimlich maneuver .
16 Otherwise the place looks the same as it did four years ago, except for a maximum occupancy sign and a Heimlich Maneuver poster.
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