One day you may be at a party, at work, or may be just enjoying a , or doing a little shopping when something serious around you. Choking is no laughing matter. When person is choking, his or her airway is and the person cannot breathe. Let's say you at a restaurant when your guest, or maybe a complete stranger, begins to gasp for air clutches at his or her neck. This is clear sign that something is very wrong, but do you do? Your actions in the next minutes can mean the life or death of person right in front of you.

Choking is mechanical obstruction of the flow of air from environment into the lungs. Choking prevents breathing, and be partial or complete, with partial choking allowing , although inadequate, flow of air into the lungs. or complete choking results in asphyxia which leads anoxia and is potentially fatal. Oxygen stored in blood and lungs can keep a person alive several minutes after breathing stops, so you can how important it is for you to act, to act quickly.

If a person can still and talk, coughing often does the trick. But someone is truly choking, it means the food object is completely blocking the airway and air flow into and out of the lungs. When person cannot cough the object out and cannot , talk, or even make noise, it means choking severe. You should begin by using the Heimlich , but it is important that you are trained administering this treatment. If you are not trained the Heimlich maneuver, find someone who is, or the 911 emergency number immediately.