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Originally Posted by Mikoyan
Choking 101, don't pat people on the back when they choke. It won't help dislodge the food, the opposite in fact.
Be prepared to give Grandparents and strangers shit for 'trying to help.' by patting on the back.
The general public has no idea about First Aid.
Once, some bystander got upset I stopped them from trying to jam items into the mouth of someone having a seizure. No, they're not going to swallow their tongue.
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Really?
I did a quick google and the websites of various health authorities saying to give sharp blows to the back outweighs the ones that say to not.
One thing is they keep changing what's acceptable and not; like CPR for the longest time included mouth-to-mouth, until suddenly it wasn't.