Category: Heimlich

8-Year-Old Girl Sees Mom’s Boyfriend Choking, Saves His Life With Heimlich She Learned Weeks Earlier

One Florida man owes his life to an 8-year-old girl who performed the Heimlich maneuver on him, successfully dislodging a bit of food lodged in his windpipe. On Jan. 9, 2022, Bradenton resident Michael Langston was at home, leisurely playing video games on a Sunday, when he took a bite of a sandwich and immediately…


8th-Grader Sees Dad Choking at Dinner Table—Performs Heimlich He Learned at School, Saves His Life

A small-town Colorado teen was recognized by first responders in Brush after applying the lifesaving skills he learned at school to save a family member—his dad. Mother of 14-year-old Aidan, Heather Christenson, recalled how her husband, Fred, had upon hearing a joke at the dinner table last month laughed and began to choke on a…