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Related: About this forumFireman's trick can save lives - here's what to do if you're alone and choking
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Fireman's trick can save lives - here's what to do if you're alone and choking (Original Post)
elleng
Mar 2017
OP
Okay...I hate to admit this but I munch on all kinds of stuff, crackers candy when I
notdarkyet
Mar 2017
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Rollo
(2,559 posts)1. I hear Trump has been practicing this for his next choke in Congress...
...except when Trump does it, his stomach is only a couple inches off the floor...
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)2. Thank you! Choking---and I live alone---is my greatest fear!
elleng
(130,127 posts)3. You're welcome.
So do I live alone. Can't say it's my greatest fear, but I guess it's on the list.
notdarkyet
(2,226 posts)4. Okay...I hate to admit this but I munch on all kinds of stuff, crackers candy when I
Am in bed going to sleep. Many, many times I have woke up chocking because I fell asleep and got something stuck in my throat. It's very scary.
elleng
(130,127 posts)5. That WOULD be scary.
The only thing I munch on when I'm in bed is Tums.
lostnfound
(16,138 posts)9. A friend takes ambien to sleep..does same rhing
And sleepwalks, sleepcooks, and sleep eats.
Hamlette
(15,388 posts)6. if something just went down the wrong tube, look at the ceiling and hold your arms up
my aunt taught me that and I've used it on numerous kids and myself many times.
If something is lodged in your throat, this won't work but try this first.
elleng
(130,127 posts)7. Good one, not aware of it.
Kablooie
(18,571 posts)8. I knew a guy who died from choking.
He had a cold and his wife went out to buy him some medicine.
When she returned he was dead. Some phlegm had caught in his air pipe.
He was about 35 with two young kids.