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Heimlich manoeuvre
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Heimlich manoeuvre [ˈhaɪmlɪk]
n
(Medicine) a technique in first aid to dislodge a foreign body in a person's windpipe by applying sudden upward pressure on the upper abdomen Also called abdominal thrust
[named after Henry J. Heimlich (born 1920), American surgeon]
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