Alternative Names
Heimlich maneuver – adult or child over 1 year
Symptoms
The universal distress signal for choking is grabbing the throat with the hand.
Review
Jacob L. Heller, MD, MHA, Emergency Medicine, Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle, Washington, Clinic. Also reviewed by David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc. – 7/8/2009









