Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For decades, the Heimlich maneuver has been lauded as the best course of action to save someone who is choking, but now experts ...

The 'Five and Five', or most commonly the Heimlich maneuver, is a first-aid method for choking — when a person can’t breathe because food, a toy or another foreign item is blocking their throat or ...

"I never thought something like this would happen to my own child."Since becoming a parent, there have been many moments when I thought that. But this recent "never thought" was the most chilling one ...

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) – The Springboro City Council honored Officer Randy Peagler with the Life Saving Award on Thursday. According to the Springboro Police Department, Officer Peagler saved a man’s ...

MINNEAPOLIS -- The American Red Cross last spring made a subtle change in its instructions for helping someone who is choking. Instead of specifying the Heimlich maneuver, it urged rescuers to do ...

A 7-year-old elementary school student is being hailed a hero after he saved his classmate’s life during lunch by using the Heimlich maneuver. David Diaz Jr., a second-grader from Woodrow Wilson ...

Techniques like abdominal thrusts (formerly known as the Heimlich maneuver), back blows, and chest compressions or thrusts have existed since the mid-1900s but, until recently, recommendations were ...

When someone is choking and still conscious, the first move is five firm back blows between the shoulder blades using the heel of your hand. Position yourself to the side and slightly behind the ...

A waterfront restaurant patron has a Seattle police sergeant to thank for possibly saving his life. According to the SPD, Sgt. Bryan Clenna was having dinner at a restaurant on Alaskan Way when ...

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) – The Springboro City Council honored Officer Randy Peagler with the Life Saving Award earlier this month. He spoke with 2 NEWS about the importance of learning first aid.