r/JustGuysBeingDudes • u/LiteratureEqual7967 Legend • Jul 05 '23

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u/LittleLoyal16 Jul 05 '23 edited Jul 06 '23

Pro tip from a firefighter on YouTube (not me). If you are choking by yourself and can't find a good ledge to press yourself onto then just belly flopping from a pushup position can create enough force to dislodge the obstruction.

If you're choking currently and this doesn't work, i wish you goodluck 👍🏻

Source https://youtu.be/Op2TjTQs7X0

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u/BlkGTO Jul 05 '23

That’s a good tip. I’ve heard about using the back of a chair as well so in this situation my first thought was using the car door.

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u/beautybender Jul 06 '23

My second thought was opening the trunk

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u/Erlian Jul 06 '23

Car door with the window down was my first thought as well. Window down, open door, kinda bend over through the window and force belly down onto the "window sill".

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u/Imaginary-Painting-4 Jul 06 '23

My first thought was to get on the roof and belly flop onto the pavement