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 ...

MACON, Ga. — A Macon first-aid trainer is sharing her life-saving advice after tragedy. On Wednesday, a Houston County five-year-old died after coroner James Williams says the child possibly choked on ...

MADISON, Wis. — A bill that would make Wisconsin schools include an anti-choking device in their already-required first aid kits received a hearing in an Assembly committee Thursday. Families, like ...

Nearly 5,000 people a year in the US die from choking. When it starts to happen, you've got only a matter of minutes to save a life. The Heimlich Maneuver is the undisputed gold standard. Serina ...

EAST PROVIDENCE, R.I. (WPRI) — A Warwick teacher is being praised for her quick actions after she used the Heimlich maneuver to save a young student who was choking. It’s important to note that if ...

Choking, which is also referred to as foreign body airway obstruction, happens when a foreign body is lodged in one’s throat, obstructing the air passage into the lungs. It is a life-threatening ...

After two choking incidents in 24 hours led to one rescue and one death in Quebec City this week, advocates are calling for mandatory first aid classes in the province. "In a public place, people ...

NEW BRITAIN, Conn. (WTNH) — The State of Connecticut Office of Early Childhood (OEC) released a report Friday investigating the choking death of a toddler at a New Britain day care in July. The ...

A Sterling Heights teenager, Drew Yakubesan, used his Boy Scouts first aid training to save his mother, Jennifer, from choking during a family dinner. Drew successfully performed the Heimlich maneuver ...