choke

never choke if i'm around.

dr. heimlich would have been so disappointed in my skills at his manuever. today we had cpr certification and while i seem perfectly proficient at 100 compressions per minute, that tricky upward thrust to dislodge chokable niblets eludes me. the nurse teaching had to move the choking-hazard-on-a-string to the front of the dummy's mouth so i could satisfactorily pop it out with a well-placed, though very weak, thrust.

apparently one must have a degree of upper body strength i lack in order to execute the perfect heimlich manuever.

you've been warned.