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Heimlich Maneuver

Known as: heimlich maneuvers, heimlich manoeuvre, Abdominal Thrust 
An emergency treatment commonly used to clear food and other foreign objects causing AIRWAY OBSTRUCTION.
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Airway ManagementAirway Obstructionaspiration precautionsnursing therapy

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Emergency Health Services

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2004
2004
Dysphagia after Heimlich maneuver.
(CHEST 2004; 125:302–304) A 56-year-old man presented with complaints of dysphagia and shortness of breath for the past 2 days… 
2001
2001
Heimlich Trauma: A Violent Maneuver
The Heimlich maneuver is a life-saving technique for dislodging foreign material from the respiratory tract. This report… 
1993
1993
Time course in thoracic epidural pressure measurement
The purpose of this study was to measure thoracic epidural pressure at the time of insertion of an epidural needle. The pressure… 
1993
1993
Perioperative gastric aspiration increases postoperative nausea and vomiting in outpatients
The efficacy of aspiration of gastric contents to reduce post-operative nausea and vomiting was investigated in a controlled… 
Review
1993
Review
1993
Drowning issues in resuscitation.
Review
1990
Review
1990
The Heimlich maneuver. Best technique for saving any choking victim's life.
The American Red Cross (ARC) and the American Heart Association (AHA) advocated backslaps, chest thrusts, and abdominal thrusts… 
1987
1987
Vomiting as a complication of the Heimlich maneuver.
  • J. Orlowski
  • Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA…
  • 1987
  • Corpus ID: 43145764
THE HEIMLICH maneuver has recently been adopted as the standard treatment for the obstructed airway in children, adolescents, and… 
1984
1984
Displacement of the Moho by the Outer Isles thrust shown by seismic modelling
Deep seismic data (Fig. 1) from the Caledonides, off the north-west coast of Scotland, collected (1981–82) by the British… 
1983
1983
Abdominal aortic thrombosis in association with an attempted Heimlich maneuver.
We report herein a case of an incorrectly applied Heimlich maneuver--to the best of our knowledge, the first reported fatal… 
1982
1982
Emergency treatment of the choking child.
The Committee on Accident and Poison Prevention of the American Academy of Pediatrics concurs with the American Heart Association… 
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