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Definition of heimlich maneuvers in English English dictionary: plural form of Heimlich maneuver
Heimlich maneuver: 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
Heimlich Maneuver: (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
Heimlich maneuver: 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
heimlich maneuver: an emergency procedure to help someone who is choking because food is lodged in the trachea