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.

Michael Healy-Rae’s recent brush with death shows how a simple, easily learned medical intervention can save a life. The Kerry TD joins Ronald Reagan, Goldie Hawn and Elizabeth Taylor in having had ...

DAYTON, Ohio (WDTN) – 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 ...

The actor reportedly realised the fellow party guest couldn't breathe and performed the Heimlich manoeuvre on him. The technique requires a rescuer to carry out abdominal thrusts on a choke victim to ...

Michael Gingras, a 15-year-old sophomore at Victor J. Andrew High School in Tinley Park, learned the Heimlich maneuver a year ago during a brief lesson in gym class. Two weeks ago, on Dec. 19, that ...

A teenager saved a man's life after he began choking at the restaurant where she worked. Video footage captured Madison Brydels, a student at Sam Houston High School, performing the Heimlich maneuver ...

New guidelines from the American Heart Association caution against starting with the Heimlich manoeuvre to save someone who is choking. Revised for the first time since 2010, the guidelines now ...

Henry Heimlich, the medical maverick who came up with a manoeuvre credited with saving thousands of choking victims, died on Saturday at the age of 96. Heimlich, a doctor who developed a life-saving ...