Attend a certified CPR course

Rather, try to get them to bend down with the head and torso really low. Then gravity can assist the blocked item to move down and out.

which is remarkably efficient!

Or so the trainer at the CPR course said: you do the job at hand, and leave choices to later on.

after having been resuscitated after being buried in an avalanche.

Will he ever awaken?

which had a green light that flashed when you were pumping hard enough.

I was really surprised how hard one has to push downwards – using the full length of the arms as a lever and really pushing from the shoulders.

For example, when a baby is choking, turn them over, at a downwards angle, and smack hard between the shoulder blades.

is the accrediting agency for this course.

We completed it yesterday – resuscitation for an adult, a child and a baby.

I was surprised that it has changed from A-B-C to a simpler process. But one has to push rather hard – it’s not easy to get to 5 cm compressions!

Doing this on Saturday. DH and I are attending, along with our personal trainer and a number of her clients.

We will get certificates, so have to supply a copy of our ID documents.

Useful skill to have, I think.