It is important to know how to perform heimlich maneuver. It could potentially save a patient who can’t clear their airway. Whether you are using it in a restaurant or a hospital, you want to make sure you are performing the technique correctly. It is also extremely important that you know CPR. CPR will greatly increase their chance for survival. It's most effective on children and adolescents who suffer from non-traumatic cardiac arrest due to drowning, electrocution, or choking<span>. So, if a child were to drown and pass out you would need to preform CPR, you want to pump the water out of their lungs. Tho it may be a small chance of these situations happening, it is a possibility. Doesn't hurt to be prepared.</span>
<span>To save lives, people from your family, children ... <span>The use of the Heimlich maneuver can save the life of a suffocating victim.</span></span>
