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I'm a doctor in Australia. The current recommendation is 5 blows to the back between the scapulae followed by 5 pushes on the sternum. Alternate until they eith

by jazoom 10y ago

I'm a doctor in Australia. The current recommendation is 5 blows to the back between the scapulae followed by 5 pushes on the sternum. Alternate until they either can breathe again or pass out. Heimlich doesn't feature, but I can't say I wouldn't try it if nothing else was working.

anotherevan 10y ago
> Alternate until they either can breathe again or pass out. What do you do once they pass out? Yes, I agree doing the Heimlich would be better than doing nothing. Just that other there seems to be other techniques that are better than Heimlich. I'll defer to your judgement though.