Table of Contents
- Overview
- Symptoms
- Treatment
- Prevention
Heimlich maneuver - unconscious adult or child over 1 year
Symptoms
- Bluish color to the lips and nails
- Inability to breathe
- Inability to talk
Unconsciousness
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Choking Treatment
Review Date: 07/08/2009
Reviewed By: Jacob L. Heller, MD, MHA, Emergency Medicine, Virginia Mason
Medical Center, Seattle, Washington, Clinic. Also reviewed by David
Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc.
A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org)
