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Standard advice in Australia is: > Bend the person well forward and give five back blows with the heel of your hand between their shoulder blades – checking if
by gilgoomesh 10y ago
Standard advice in Australia is:
> Bend the person well forward and give five back blows with the heel of your hand between their shoulder blades – checking if the blockage has been removed after each blow.
> If unsuccessful, give five chest thrusts by placing one hand in the middle of their back for support and the heel of the other hand on the lower part of their breastbone – checking if the blockage has been removed after each thrust.
From https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/conditionsandtreatments/choking https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/conditionsandtrea...
Note that thrusts may be used if simpler measures fail but these are chest thrusts, not abdominal as in Heimlich, and the person should be leaning forward, not held upright.