After A Family Emergency I Realized How Important Knowing the Heimlich Maneuver Is [Video]

I've always told myself that I need to learn the Heimlich Maneuver, but have never really taken the steps to do so.  Well, after a family scare, I realized that I need to learn it and fast!My son is 6 years old and very hyper.  I am always having to tell him to sit down while he eats.  Well yesterday, he was eating some grapes and I'm not sure what happened, but he started choking.  He immediately started panicking and running around.  I freaked out!  I didn't know what to do.

I grabbed him and noticed that he was seriously chocking.  As a mom, there is no worse feeling than helplessness and that's how I felt.  My hubby didn't skip a beat!  He grabbed our son and started the Heimlich.  In no time that grape went flying out of his mouth.

We were very lucky but I keep thinking what if my husband wasn't there?  It really scared me.  So I decided right then and there that I needed to learn the Heimlich and I did.

If you have children or even if you don't, it would be very beneficial for you to learn it too. Here is a video showing you how to do the Heimlich on an adult, a child and on yourself.