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  • n  an emergency procedure to help someone who is choking because food is lodged in the trachea
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  • BSO to honor acts of valor with Lifesaving awards
    On the job and off, they rescued people from burning vehicles, pulled them from canals and swimming pools, administered the Heimlich maneuver, performed CPR and operated automated external defibrillators countless times.
    June 13, 2013 - Miami Herald
  • Second-grader saves choking classmate
    A boy saved his classmate by using the Heimlich maneuver, something he learned from watching ‘Sesame Street.' (Source: WCBS/CNN)
    June 9, 2013 - WAFB Baton Rouge

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