7.Do: Back Slap for Choking
The Red Cross suggests doing this only if you bend the person forward at the waist and support their chest with your other hand. Strike them between the shoulder blades several times. Then switch to the Heimlich maneuver and alternate until the food pops out. Never strike a choking person on the back if they’re standing upright. That could actually send the food farther down their windpipe.
8.Do: Keep a Severed Finger
Clean the fingertip with water or, better yet, sterile saline solution or even contact lens solution. Then cover the digit in damp gauze and put it in a watertight bag on ice. Take care that the fingertip doesn’t touch the ice directly, which could further damage it.
