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On myself, but I did it wrong lol. I made myself puke it up which worked.

There is a joke in my family that my nana actually invented it.

Before heimlich formally invented it, my nana instinctively used the method when my aunt (then a child) was choking.

I didn't know he was even alive!

No, but my husband used the Heimlich maneuver to save my dad's life.

I have had my life saved by it twice.

Almost, sort of.

I was taking care of my friends' not-quite-one-year-old child once when he choked on a piece of meat and turned blue. I followed the protocol for a choking child, which doesn't include the abdominal thrusts. It starts with finger sweeps of the throat, progresses to thumps on the back, and if those don't work, ends with chest compressions as for CPR. The first two didn't work but I tried finger sweeps again, and that worked, so I didn't have to do the chest compressions.

My mom knew Dr. Heimlich, basically because his wife Jane was on her board of directors when my mom was director of the American Diabetes Cincinnati Affiliate, in the 70s & 80s.

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That's scary. I'm afraid if I was alone with someone I would panic and not do it right.

I haven't, but living alone I have watched a video on how to perform a self Heimlich in case I need to.

Saved my brother in law who was turning blue from choking on a hunk of In-n-Out lettuce.

The really cool thing is he was in my rotary club and I knew him.

Yes but I did it wrong. I thought it was the hind lick maneuver and it just got me a slap in the face. 🙁

I used the child version on my 4 year old niece who was choking on a piece of meat. The meat came out quickly and she screamed and cried for several minutes. She's over 40 now...

My dog was choking and I used a type of Heimlich on her. It worked.

When I first saw that he died I thought it was the nazi Henrich Himmler

Used it on my cat (not the mouth part)

My Stepfather was choking on a fish bone at an upscale restaurant. I saw him give the choking sign and went to action. The bone shot across the table and he lived. I later told him I was going to drop his pants and give him the Hiney lick. He laughed and said it would have probably produced similar results!

Why yes, yes I have, just one time. I was 14.

No, but it's been used twice on me.

I have only learned it in health class. I have never had to use it

I used it to help myself. I swallowed a piece of an orange stuck in my throat. It worked like a charm.

I've practiced it.

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