A choking emergency can turn really scary, really quickly. Whether it’s yourself or another person, knowing how to remove the blockage while staying calm can be the difference between life and death.

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 life at a community event ...

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 ...

FDA says people should not rely on anti-choking devices because established choking rescue protocols, which rely on the Heimlich, "have a high rate of success and can be carried out immediately ...

In a recent safety communication, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) strongly urged the public to utilize the well-established Heimlich maneuver rather than new anti-choking devices to save ...

For decades, the Heimlich maneuver has been lauded as the best course of action to save someone who is choking, but now experts say there is a better way. Since it was published in 1974, the Heimlich ...

CINCINNATI -- The surgeon who created the life-saving Heimlich maneuver for choking victims died early Saturday in Cincinnati. Dr. Henry Heimlich was 96. His son, Phil, said he died at Christ Hospital ...

A dog was spotted choking in a dramatic video before its owner jumped in to perform the Heimlich maneuver. In footage obtained by CCTV, a woman in Bangkok, Thailand, was seen making food in the ...

(Reuters) - Dr. Henry Heimlich, the 96-year-old Cincinnati surgeon credited with inventing the lifesaving technique named for him, used it for the first time this week to save a fellow senior center ...

The innovations of Dr. Henry Heimlich extended well beyond his famed anti-choking maneuver. The Heimlich Chest Drain Valve gets blood and air out of the chest cavity of soldiers shot there. He also ...

The surgeon who created the life-saving Heimlich maneuver for choking victims died early Saturday in Cincinnati. Dr. Henry Heimlich was 96. His son, Phil, said he died at Christ Hospital after ...