How to Save Yourself Without Help

Different objects are stuck in the throat of people much more often than you can imagine: food, bones, small parts of the designer and coins in children. Asphyxiation is the fourth most common cause of death associated with unintentional injury.





What to do if you chokedIs there anyone around to help? When faced with a life-threatening situation, an overwhelming number of people panic, losing the ability to act meaningfully.





Firefighter and paramedic Jeff Rehman is familiar with this: “Over the years, I’ve noticed that there’s no really effective way to save someone if they’re choking and no one can help them.”

In a critical situation, there is no time to think, actions should be quite simple and fast, but the most effective. These are the qualities that Jeff offers.





This affordable combination of several movements to effectively avoid suffocation, everyone should know, because one day it can save a life.

The idea of self-help technique came to Rehman during classes in the gym, when a boxing instructor showed him an effective exercise to strengthen the muscles of the press.





At the same time, the fireman drew attention to a specific side effect - a significant amount of air released from the lungs. This is essential in a situation where choke.





So, to save yourself from suffocation, you need to do the following.

  1. Trying to pull myself together.
  2. Get on your knees and reliably rest with both hands on the floor surface, as for push-ups.

  3. Spread out your arms and fall sharply on your chest.


  4. The impact will lead to the release of air from the lungs, and with it, a piece of food stuck in the throat will come out.


The firefighter recorded this instruction on video. And judging by the comments, she really saved more than one life.

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