save a life with Heimlick maneuver

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You're eating in a restaurant. The far corner you see a happy big family reunion. You see a grandpa seemingly in pain, unable to speak, struggling. If it looks like breathing problem, it may be a choking problem i.e. unswallowed food that's causing blockage to air passage. It's a first-aid procedure: (please refer to official procedures! here's a casual description) 1. from behind grandpa, wrap your arms and rest your joined fists on upper stomach (looks like a wresting grapple) 2. one of your backhands will be pressing below the grandpa's ribcage. 3. On that soft spot, exert a jerky pressure (it ,ay lift granpa) but the obstruction may shoot off from his mouth Again please refer to official first aid procedures. This information was passed to me by a volunteer who has saved one person from choking to death. I'll be great to be a hero and live to tell about it :)