Diners and staff members were unable to resuscitate the 63-year-old, who had been having lunch with a relative.
More than 5,000 people died from choking in the U.S. in 2019, according to market research company Statista, while the National Safety Council reports that choking is the fourth biggest cause of accidental death in the country.Johns Hopkins Medicine, headquartered in Baltimore, recommends four key ways to help prevent choking in adults.
You then need to repeatedly thrust your hands inwards and upwards, to dislodge the object that's blocking their airway. For pregnant women, it is recommended that you use a higher grip, wrapping your arms around the base of the breastbone.He said that he came up with it in response to the high rate of deaths from people choking in restaurants.
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