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To: Star Traveler

Its a very good idea. Read a few articles saying its either infrequently helpful to where its six times more helpful than nothing. It doesn’t hurt anybody to earn it and it could save a life.
But what about the Heimlich maneuver.


5 posted on 04/21/2015 11:05:18 PM PDT by dp0622
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To: dp0622
But what about the Heimlich maneuver.

They're called abdominal thrusts now. How to handle choking is also covered in an AHA CPR class.

For the layperson, AHA has stated that quality chest compressions (push hard, push fast!) are better than nothing, and has eliminated the mouth-to-mouth portion of CPR. And they teach rapid defibrillation with an AED, of course, which really works.

17 posted on 04/22/2015 2:18:54 AM PDT by FoxInSocks ("Hope is not a course of action." -- M. O'Neal, USMC)
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To: dp0622

Heimlich is part of cpr training


20 posted on 04/22/2015 3:10:43 AM PDT by Chickensoup (Leftist totalitarian fascism is on the move.)
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