Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For decades, the Heimlich maneuver has been lauded as the best course of action to save someone who is choking, but now experts ...

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — A 5-year-old girl in Taitung was saved Thursday when a guesthouse owner performed the Heimlich maneuver on her after she choked on a glass marble, according to LTN Health.

Happy Days isn’t just a TV show — it’s a lifesaver. That’s according to Anson Williams, 76, who portrayed Warren “Potsie” Weber in the classic sitcom. “My Uncle, Dr. Heimlich, created the Heimlich ...

Anson Williams' uncle created the Heimlich maneuver, and a certain hit sitcom was "a major reason for its success." ...

CINCINNATI -- The surgeon who created the life-saving Heimlich maneuver for choking victims died early Saturday in Cincinnati. Dr. Henry Heimlich was 96. His son, Phil, said he died at Christ Hospital ...

His perseverance and calm response paid off as he was able to dislodge the food stuck in his throat. The Heimlich manoeuvre ...

A North Carolina second-grader is being hailed a hero after he used a lifesaving skill he learned on YouTube on a classmate who started choking during recess — in a dramatic rescue caught on video.

Sen. Rand Paul stepped in to help a colleague who was choking at a Republican conference lunch at the Capitol on Thursday, according to The New York Times. Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, began to choke ...

Shocking footage shows the moment a quick-thinking Texas police officer saved a woman who was choking on a piece of gum on the side of a busy highway last month. The Mansfield cop, Chad Stevens, ...

A high school freshman calmly came to the rescue of a choking classmate. — -- A high school freshman from Wisconsin has been hailed as a hero by his community after he performed the Heimlich ...

MINNEAPOLIS — The American Red Cross last spring made a subtle change in its instructions for helping someone who is choking. Instead of specifying the Heimlich maneuver, it urged rescuers to do "five ...

A dog was spotted choking in a dramatic video before its owner jumped in to perform the Heimlich maneuver. In footage obtained by CCTV, a woman in Bangkok, Thailand, was seen making food in the ...