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At a restaurant, a customer chokes on a piece of food. You put your arms around the person...

At a restaurant, a customer chokes on a piece of food. You put your arms around the person’s waist and use your fists to push up on the person’s abdomen, an action called the Heimlich maneuver.

a. How would this action change the volume of the chest and lungs?


b. Why does it cause the person to expel the food item from the airway?

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