What is the purpose of the Heimlich maneuver?

Answer 1

The Heimlich Maneuver is a first-aid technique for someone who is choking because food or another swallowed object is obstructing his or her airway. Using an upward abdominal thrust, the Heimlich maneuver compresses the lungs and forces air up into the windpipe (trachea).

The usual technique is done while standing behind the victim. Reach around his waist to the abdomen just above the navel and below the sternum. Clench one fist and use the other to press it into the abdomen. Lift both fists sharply inward and upward to compress the lungs. Repeat if necessary unless vomiting occurs.

Answer 2

Place your arms around the victim's waist.

Make a fist with one hand and place your thumb toward the victim, just above his or her belly button.

Grab your fist with your other hand.

Deliver five upward squeeze-thrusts into the abdomen.

Make each squeeze-thrust strong enough to dislodge a foreign body.

Understand that your thrusts make the diaphragm move air out of the victim's lungs, creating a kind of artificial cough.Keep a firm grip on the victim, since he or she can lose consciousness and fall to the ground if the Heimlich maneuver is not effective.Repeat the Heimlich maneuver until the foreign body is expelled.

Answer 3

The heimlich maneuver is a first-aid move performed on anyone who has a foreign object lodged in their wind pipe (i.e. is choking). The basic idea is to cause sudden compression of the diaphragm, creating a high air-pressure within the lungs and expelling the object.

Answer 4

The Heimlich Maneuver is something you can do to help a choking person. Get behind the person, wrap your arms around their chest, and grab one fist with your other hand. Place your hands just above their belly button. Quickly thrust your hands upwards and inwards into the person's chest. Repeat until the object is dislodged or the person becomes unconscious.

If the person is unconscious or exceptionally large, you can do a similar maneuver by laying them flat on their back and pressing the heel of your hands firmly into their chest at the same area at the same angle.

Always remember to call for emergency help.

Answer 5

The heimlich maneuver is used to dislodge a blocked airway and uses the air inside of your diaphragm to push the matter out of the airway.

Answer 6

They are now known as the abdominal thrusts. You try to dislodge something from a person's throat.