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The 1950s were wild... (mander.xyz)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Old textbook from the 50s.

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[–] [email protected] 61 points 4 months ago (2 children)

As someone that has recently taken an infant and and family CPR class for my son who started solid foods a few months ago, this is pretty similar to how they teach it today and I'm pretty sure it would have the same effect. You can't perform a heimlich on a baby or very small child for a variety of reasons. This method or something similar to it is both safer and more effective, since it lets gravity help dislodge the food.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Bullshit, gravity is just a theory.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Maybe, but if true it means that whether the child is choking on feathers or bowling balls, they are ejected at the same speed, which is a great advantage of this technique.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

Careful, you'll summon the round earth morons

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

Way back when my oldest was little one, he was choking and I just grabbed him and flipped him upside down and kind of bounced him like you're trying to get ketchup out of a bottle. It worked and I had no idea what to do, it was like an instinct kind of thing.