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Chest Thrusts

Chest Thrusts is a life-saving intervention technique, classified under emergency airway clearance procedures, that involves the application of inward and upward pressure on the sternum to expel a foreign body obstruction in a conscious or unconscious choking victim when abdominal thrusts are contraindicated or ineffective.

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First aid skill retention of first responders within the workplace

Gregory S. Andérson, Michael Gaetz, Jeff Masse · Scandinavian Journal of Trauma Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine · 2011 · 83 citations · Full text

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Choking: The Heimlich Abdominal Thrust vs Back Blows: An Approach to Measurement of Inertial and Aerodynamic Forces

Richard L. Day, E. S. Crelin, Arthur B. DuBois · PEDIATRICS · 1982 · 41 citations

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Flail Chest: Less Deadly than Originally Thought

Elizabeth Benjamin, Gustavo Recinos, Alberto Aiolfi et al. · World Journal of Surgery · 2018 · 30 citations

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Independent Cough Flow Augmentation by Glossopharyngeal Breathing Plus Table Thrust in Muscular Dystrophy

C Bíanchi, Raniero Carrara, Sonia Khirani et al. · American Journal of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation · 2013 · 26 citations

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First Aid for Choking Children: Back Blows and Chest Thrusts Cause Complications and Death

Henry J. Heimlich · PEDIATRICS · 1982 · 23 citations

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    Joseph Greensher

    Nassau University Medical Center, United States

    2 publications · 27 citations

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    Howard C. Mofenson

    Nassau University Medical Center, United States

    2 publications · 27 citations

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    Derek C. Angus

    University of Pittsburgh, United States

    1 publications · 15 citations

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  4. MG
    Michael Gaetz

    University of the Fraser Valley, Canada

    1 publications · 83 citations

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    Alberto Aiolfi

    University of Milan, Italy

    1 publications · 30 citations

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Institutions

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  1. Xavier University

    Cincinnati, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    23 citations

  2. University of Pittsburgh

    Pittsburgh, United States

    1 h-index

    4 publications

    60 citations

  3. Resuscitation Council

    London, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    30 citations

  4. Winthrop-University Hospital

    Mineola, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    24 citations

  5. Starship Children's Health

    Auckland, New Zealand

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    13 citations

  6. Hôpital Armand-Trousseau

    Paris, France

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    26 citations

  7. Yale University

    New Haven, United States

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    123 citations

  8. LAC+USC Medical Center

    Los Angeles, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    30 citations

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  1. PEDIATRICS

    3 publications · 76 citations

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  2. PubMed

    Repository · 2 publications · 36 citations

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  3. Resuscitation

    1 publications · 10 citations

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  5. World Journal of Surgery

    1 publications · 30 citations

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