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Someone is choking. You have seconds. Do you know what to do? 🚨

Choking is one of the most common workplace and everyday emergencies, and the difference between life and death is often the person standing right
there.
Here’s what to do:
✅ If the person is conscious and can cough: encourage them to keep coughing. Coughing is the body’s most powerful way to clear an airway. Do not interfere.

✅ If coughing isn’t working: perform Back Blows.
Stand behind the person, lean them slightly forward, and deliver 5 firm blows between the shoulder blades with the heel of your hand.

✅ If back blows don’t clear it: perform the Heimlich Maneuver (Abdominal Thrusts).

Stand behind them, place your fist just above the navel, grip it with your other hand, and deliver 5 sharp inward and upward thrusts.

✅ Alternate between 5 back blows and 5 abdominal thrusts until the object is dislodged or emergency services arrive.

✅ If the person becomes unconscious, call for help immediately

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