Eating is a social event. Whether it’s a night out with friends or an evening at home enjoying family dinner, conversation goes well with food. But what if, in the middle of laughter and big bites, ...

Given immediate bystander response is the best chance the choking person has for survival, prioritization of mass public ...

NEW YORK (AP) -- It was the scariest choking incident David Palumbo had ever seen. The 88-year-old man had been dining at a Providence, Rhode Island, Italian restaurant in September 2019. Now he was ...

New guidelines from the American Heart Association caution against starting with the Heimlich manoeuvre to save someone who is choking. Revised for the first time since 2010, the guidelines now ...