Choking (for unconscious adult or child over 1 year)

Alternative names:

The first aid procedure for choking is also referred to as the Heimlich maneuver or abdominal thrusts.

Symptoms:

• Unconsciousness



• lack of breathing
.


• Inability to move air into the lungs with mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.

Updated Date:10/01/99

Updated By:J. Gordon Lambert, MD, Associate Medical Director, Utah Health Informatics and adam.com editorial