HEIMLICH MANEUVER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Heimlich maneuver mean? 

• HEIMLICH MANEUVER (noun)
  The noun HEIMLICH MANEUVER has 1 sense:

1. an emergency procedure to help someone who is choking because food is lodged in the trachea

  Familiarity information: HEIMLICH MANEUVER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HEIMLICH MANEUVER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An emergency procedure to help someone who is choking because food is lodged in the trachea

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

Heimlich maneuver; Heimlich manoeuvere

Hypernyms ("Heimlich maneuver" is a kind of...):

emergency procedure ((medicine) a procedure adopted to meet an emergency (especially a medical emergency))

 Context examples 

Learn how to do back blows, the Heimlich maneuver (abdominal thrusts), and CPR.

(Choking, NIH)

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) is for people whose hearts or breathing has stopped and the Heimlich maneuver is for people who are choking.

(First Aid, NIH)