How to Give Yourself Heimlich Maneuver | First Aid Training

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What do you do if you're choking and you're by yourself. Your first response is going to be to cough and try to get it out. You're going to do that automatically. If its not on there, it's not coming out, then you need to do something more. Number one, you want to remain calm, which is counter-intuitive. When you're choking and you can't breathe you're going to panicky and you're going to have high anxiety, which is normal. Try to keep a clear head. Try to find a chair, a chair is best. Try to find a chair or another surface where you can help yourself do the abdominal thrusts. You're going to want to find a chair. Good rule of thumb is pinky on your belly button. The roll up. That's where you want to aim for. You're going to lean over it and you're just going to thrust on top of it. Do it as many times as it takes to dislodge whatever is stuck in there, out. It's going to feel strange because you're landing yourself on a chair. You need to get whatever is choking you out of you so that you can breathe again.

[HereBeBarr]

If you're choking go here NOW: 0:39

[KoolBreeze]

I never thought all these videos I watch would ever come in handy, but this maneuver just saved my life like 20 min's ago.I don't know if I did it out of instinct or out of knowledge from seeing a video, either way I used this maneuver on the back of my couch and I am alive and that's what counts...

[circlehousePRO]

this video should not have video ads, if I was choking to death alone in my house I don't wanna wait 5 seconds to skip an ad because well I'm about to die

[lax]

this is the video that comes up when you google "how to perform the Heimlich Maneuver on yourself". I feel that it should be explained immediately, instead of the intro about "staying calm" just show a guy repeatedly slamming himself into a chair... cuz honestly, someones gonna need it to be explained faster.

[krxepdp]

I choked on a slice of an orange when I was 18. I couldn't believe how much I was thinking during my panic. I legitimately thought that was going to be it for me but I did not want people at school to know how I died. I eventually screamed the slice up. Breathing had never felt so good. I don't eat oranges much anymore.

[keatonsmokingacaffeineblun]

Now, something got stuck in my throat, however, I wasn't choking. Then I noticed the ad at the beginning. Seriously, that could cost someones life.

[r.brugman]

Alright, so literally two days after I randomly came across this video, I choked in a piece of food and managed to cough it up by doing the maneuver on myself. Thank you for putting this video out there.

[AccidentallyOnPurpose]

My mom did this and it worked while she was choking on a piece of cucumber. I also was choking once but had no object to throw myself over so I sat, bend backwards as far as I can go and swing myself forward, hard. The force of the movement on my diaphragm made the object come flying out and landed about a foot away.

[hyeri-ssi]

I can’t believe 12 years of school never taught any of this

[Avatarbee]

Me: *chocking to death*
Youtube: Can I offer you some adds in these trying times?

[lauramartin]

thanks for the add before this. When really in an emergency looking this up that 4-second ad could have cost me my life! They should not have ads on self-help medical videos...just saying

[beckyfoster]

I'm a nurse so I know how to do this unfortunately this happened to me a few days ago at a restaurant .there was two older ladies behind me in a booth and two middle age lady's next to me in a booth .I have chocked a few to in my life but when it gets to the airway and you can't breathe speak or even cough it's terrifying . I had my 4 year old with me and I calmly at stood up between the ladies with my hand on my neck and back started the hemlich on my self .I knew to stay calm . although my 4 year old knew what was going on because my husband is a doctor and we have taught him how to do the hemlich also .he started crying mommy's chocking 😢 The older lady behind our booth behind said she's doing that hemlich thing OMG she's chocking .she said can you talk .I shook my head no calmly .then she said can you breathe I shook my head again calmly no . The middle age women stood up screaming I was hoping she would calm down not to frightening my 4 year old since he was already upset, .if I had not done this .I wouldn't be here .the older women. Told the middle age women to hit me in the back hard .and she did a few times I keep doing the hemlich on myself also finally it can out . You have to be calm don't panic this women is correct .I had a piece of meat and yes I cut it up real fine but it lodged in my airway and when this happens you can't cough, you can't speak, you can't breathe .they said my lips were turning blue at that point I still stayed calm .it is very scary i imagine it's like someone chocking you to death .it's nothing to joke about .I have done the hiemlich many many times on my child once who had a leggo stuck in his mouth and also working in the medical field .everyone should learn this and they should also teach the hemlich manuver and CPR at schools . I thank God I'm alive because right before I finally got it out I started seeing my self black out .great video thanks so much wish everyone would learn this .you never know when this can happen to yourself or a loved one

[Dubstepticon]

LMAO if it wasn't for this video I might have died. I started chocking while watching youtube and couldn't breathe. so I searched up this video and skipped to the part on how to perform it on yourself. I immediately ran over to the couch arm and boom, out comes the laffy taffy that almost killed me. lol

[alexandraindigo]

Anyone else watching this at 4 in the morning convinced this is how they're gonna die

[britanynmartin]

I almost died today choking on a piece of steak. It was terrifying, I genuinely thought I was going to die. Luckily my roommate was home to hit my back & it worked. The first thing I thought was, what if he wasn’t home- thank you for this info.

[kissesgood]

I first learned this I think on Family Guy or American Dad or something like that. Seriously? WHY DIDN'T THEY TEACH US THIS IN SCHOOL!!?

[rikenm]

I once choked on a piece of slim jim. Thank god I coughed out the thing. It was scary. I was middle of the road. That incident had made me watch this kind of videos so I can help others and me as well.

[maryhholland]

Decades ago, I choked on a piece of food. The sensation was eerie. I thought, "I'm dying. My husband is in the next room and I can't call out to him. I can't breathe and I'm just standing here dying." Then I sort-of wrapped my arms across myself just below my chest and I pushed in as hard as I could push. Suddenly I was all right, as if it hadn't happened.

[bryanb]

this is MASSIVELY IMPORTANT TO LEARN THANK YOU FOR POSTING THIS!!!

[AlexM-mrof]

I’m always paranoid about choking on, to name a few, hardboiled eggs, shrimp, and string cheese (I chew off pieces rather than peel string cheese). If you eat a hard boiled egg, be very careful biting into it whole, take smell bites, or slice it beforehand if you can. This also goes for most foods too.