Choking: The Heimlich Abdominal Thrust vs Back Blows: An Approach to Measurement of Inertial and Aerodynamic Forces

1 July 1982

journal article
research article
Published by American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) in Pediatrics

Vol. 70 (1) , 113-119
https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.70.1.113

Abstract

Back blows produce less pressure than the Heimlich maneuvers in seated subjects. In addition, back blows throw the head and neck forward and upward due to straightening the spine. Such blows theoretically can displace supraglottic foreign bodies further downward and backward into the throat or larynx.

Keywords

HEIMLICH MANEUVER
AERODYNAMICS

This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:

Emergency Treatment of the Choking Child
Pediatrics, 1982