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Please help! what is the emergency first aid measure to take in case of a person choking with a foreign body?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

It is called the : Heimlich maneuver.

Dr Wright agreed

Answered 1/22/2014

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