heimlich maneuver

English - Turkish

Definition of heimlich maneuver in English Turkish dictionary: Heimlich manevrası
heimlich manoeuvre: Heimlich manevrası

English - English

Definition of heimlich maneuver in English English dictionary: A first aid procedure used to treat choking. The patient is lifted from behind, squeezing their diaphragm to expel air and thereby dislodging an obstruction in the windpipe; (Medicine) removing an object from a choking person's throat by embracing him from behind and pressing quickly with the fist against the upper abdomen; Emergency procedure for dislodging a foreign body from a choking victim's throat, devised by the U.S. surgeon Henry J. Heimlich. It is used only when the airway is totally obstructed, as shown by inability to speak or breathe. The rescuer reaches around the victim from behind, grasps one fist in the other just below the victim's rib cage, and makes several upward thrusts into the victim's belly. This expels the foreign object with air from the victim's own lungs. An unconscious victim is laid faceup and the thrusts are given by a kneeling or squatting rescuer; an emergency procedure to help someone who is choking because food is lodged in the trachea
Heimlich maneuvers: plural form of Heimlich maneuver

heimlich maneuver

Hyphenation

heimlich ma·neu·ver

haymlîk mınuvır

/ˈhīmlək məˈno͞ovər/ /ˈhaɪmlɪk məˈnuːvɜr/

() Named after physician Henry Heimlich who described the procedure in 1974. asserts that he is the co-developer and was denied credit by Heimlich.

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