What if you choked on food?

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What if I choked on food, and there is no one nearby?

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Lifehacker has on this topic. If you have choked, proceed as follows:

1. Try to calm down. Panic will only make matters worse.
2. Cough as hard as possible. To make the cough worse, bend in half.
3. If there is a mirror nearby, open your mouth, press your tongue with your finger and try to examine your throat.
4. If you find a foreign object, try sliding it out of place with a sliding motion of your finger and then remove it.

And if you feel that you are suffocating, do the following:

1. Find a hard, narrow object. For example, the back of a chair or the edge of a bathtub will do.
2. Bend over so that your upper abdomen is exactly over the rigid rib of the chosen object.
3. Relaxing your legs, lean on the object sharply.

Look for other rescue methods at the link above.