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Restaurant owner saves a choking customer with the Heimlich manoeuvre

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ABC 7 Chicago video of a restaurant owner using the Heimlich manoeuvre to save a choking customer, with the first aid steps worth learning at home.

Key Lessons

  • The owner used the Heimlich manoeuvre, which means firm abdominal thrusts from behind.
  • General guidance: ask 'Are you choking?'. If the person cannot speak, cough or breathe, lean them forward and give up to five back blows, 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.
  • General guidance: restaurant and canteen staff are often the first to see a customer choke, so training a few of them can make a big difference.

What Happened

A restaurant owner helped a customer who was choking by using the Heimlich manoeuvre, as this ABC 7 Chicago report shows. The footage is credited to the news agency Storyful and a restaurant. The report does not say where or when the incident happened, so this page does not guess either. It is a useful reminder for anyone who works in a restaurant, hotel or canteen, where choking can happen at any table.

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