If you're dog has over choked on something in front of you, you know how scary it can be. I felt so helpless when this happened to my dog because I realized I had absolutely no idea of what to do to ...

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 ...

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.

Chances are, you haven’t received proper training since you were a lifeguard in high school. Fortunately, for emergency situations that could happen any ordinary day, YouTube has plenty of helpful ...

ST. LOUIS – It’s a method of helping choking victims that just about everyone is familiar with. The Heimlich maneuver was popularized by the late Dr. Henry Heimlich in the 1970s. He made national ...

CINCINNATI -- The 96-year-old retired chest surgeon credited with developing the namesake Heimlich maneuver has used it to save a woman choking on food at his senior living center. Dr. Henry Heimlich ...

Correction: Records discovered after the publication of this story show Heimlich has claimed to have used his maneuver in the past to save choking victims. He's demonstrated how to save lives ...

The Heimlich maneuver involves performing inward and upward abdominal thrusts above the navel to dislodge a foreign object from a person’s airway. Each year, many people die from choking on objects ...

The odd term “café coronary” refers to the act of choking on a mouthful of food, often taken from a bountiful plate at a restaurant. To many people witnessing such an event, the victim looks like he ...

A North Carolina second-grader is being hailed a hero after he used a lifesaving skill he learned on YouTube on a classmate who started choking during recess — in a dramatic rescue caught on video.

The man credited with inventing a maneuver to save choking victims has died at age 96, Episcopal Retirement Services said. Dr. Henry Heimlich died just after midnight Friday night at Christ Hospital ...