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Heimlich Maneuver

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Noun

1. heimlich maneuver, heimlich manoeuvere

an emergency procedure to help someone who is choking because food is lodged in the trachea

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Heimlich Maneuver

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noun
US another name for Heimlich manoeuvre

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Heimlich Maneuver

see synonyms of heimlich maneuver
an emergency technique used to dislodge an object stuck in the windpipe: air is forced up the windpipe by applying sudden, sharp pressure to the abdomen just below the rib cage

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Heimlich Maneuver

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n.
An emergency technique used to eject an object, such as food, from the trachea of a choking person. The technique employs a firm upward thrust just below the rib cage to force air from the lungs, thereby dislodging the obstruction.

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