FIRST AID MISTAKES

‘If someone is choking you have do the Heimlich manoeuvre first’

Starting with this manoeuvre is no longer advised. Instead you should do the “five and five” approach and it goes like this. Stand behind the person choking, lean them forward, hit them between the shoulder blades five times with the heel of your hand. After that, do the Heimlich manoeuvre five times (make a fist, place it thumb side just above their belly button, your other hand around your fist, quickly pull your fist in and up). Then switch to back hitting between the shoulder blades. If this doesn’t work call 999.