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A child is eating a piece of candy and appears to start choking on it. You determine that the child is, indeed, conscious and choking. What should you do?
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A child is eating a piece of candy and appears to start choking on it. You determine that the child is, indeed, conscious and choking. What should you do?

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I’m no doctor but I would perform the Heimlich maneuver. Five blows to the back then five abdominal thrusts until the candy is out of the child’s throat.
A child is eating a piece of candy and appears to start choking on it. You determine-example-1
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Gag him maybe perhaps
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