Pizza restaurant staff save a choking customer in Fremont, New Hampshire

Key Lessons

• The pizzeria staff saved the customer who was choking.
• General guidance: people who work in restaurants and canteens often see a customer choke first, so training a few staff members can make a big difference.
• General guidance: if a person cannot speak, cough or breathe, give up to five back blows and then up to five abdominal thrusts.
• General guidance: call 112 or 108 if the object does not come out, and start CPR if the person becomes unresponsive.