In restaurants everywhere, you see posters illustrating how to do the Heimlich maneuver when the person's airway is blocked by food or another object. Chances are those posters aren't in your home or out in the street as you go about your everyday life, so this first aid technique, demonstrated in the video above, is useful to memorize for any environment. Note: before doing the abdominal thrusts, give five blows to the person's back with the heel of your hand.
