Imagine you're chocking and find this video but you gotta watch two unskipable ads

This happened to me in college before a full afternoon class. A chunk of lunch meat got lodged in my throat. I couldn't talk, cough, or breathe, it was absolutely terrifying. I turned to two of my classmates and they looked and laughed thinking I was joking. I literally jumped up and ran to the back of the room and grabbed the one guy who I knew would take me seriously, I did the choking sign and grabbed his hands and put them around my midsection as I turned around and bent over. He immediately gave two upward thrusts and the lunch meat came flying out. It was the most relieved and scariest event to happen to me out of nowhere. Eric Roth, if you happen to be reading this bro, thanks for saving my life!

This is literally why I created a playlist titled “Useful.” This is going right there right now.

This video saved my life! I watched this a few months ago, because I have a tendency to choke on foods no matter how much I chew. It typically isn't full choking, though, more of like a hiccuping half-choke where is can breathe but only very slowly. Today, though, I started fully choking, was stood over the sink and in a complete panic, when I remembered this video. I grabbed a dining room chair, trying my hardest not to freak out because it would only make it worse, and I calmly fell on it. It took a couple tries, and hurt quite badly, but it stopped my choking dead in its tracks, and I was completely fine a few minutes later. I live alone in my apartment, and god am I glad I watched this video. Thank you.

I like how he said "good luck" at the end, like he knows we're gonna choke in the next few seconds

"You know what hurts more? Dying!" Words to live by

This video should have a LOT more million views.

When I was around 6 or 7 y/o, I started choking on a piece of ice, and started to panic. The panicking and lack of oxygen caused me to either lose my sight or made me feel like I had lost my sight, so I had to feel against the wall to find the door to get out and ask mom for help. Due to the panicking, I had also forgotten the step that was at the doorway and tripped over it and fell conveniently exactly where i needed to to get the ice launched right out. Then I could see again and my mom and her friends were just looking at me like "what the hell did we just miss?" XD

I appreciate your refusal to waste another popsicle in getting that last shot "just right." Thanks for keeping it real.

Terrifying, but it makes sense, hopefully I'll remember this if I'm ever choking to death on my own rather than panicking.

"Just below the ribcage." *Shows a position very high on the ribcage* Thank you so much for your clarity on this important information.

This happened to me when I was 15 and home alone eating steak. I inhaled a giant bite and accepted that I was going to die. Then I thought about ways I could himelech myself. I tried punching my stomach and that didn't work so I put my fist on my stomach and leaned into the edge of the table as hard as I could. It came out the first try. Thank God I am innovative because nobody ever taught me self himelech. Teach this to your kids. It could save their lives.

I was a waiter when I was 18. It was breakfast and the place was EMPTY. I was chilling in the back and randomlly decided to check my table , lady was running around looking for somebody . Came out just in time - saved her life. Im 24 now and Im engaged to her daughter lol. She invited me to every single family event for 3 years , then her daughter and I hit off. Saved her life, now im marrying the person she gave life. Crazy and random. Still blows my mind to this day.

As someone who recently has had a choking scare, and can barely eat in peace without paranoia, this helped me so much. Thank you.

The "good luck" at the end really stole away every ounce of confidence this video gave me...

As someone who lives alone, this is one of my biggest fears.

I love how your wife just moves the chair away from you as you were going to fall on it lol

The world needs more PSAs like this, to save lives! Thank you for your service!

Excellent job with this video! I think this guy should have his own show on safety and dealing with accidents. I'd definitely watch.

As a Jason who lives alone and regularly eats like a psychopath, I really appreciate this video

This video literally saved my life. I watched it for the memes and then several weeks later almost choked to death. Thank god I remembered what Jason said and showed here.

As someone who has choked and died alone, I can confirm this is a great technique.

Just want to let you know that we all love and appreciate you. Literally saving peoples lives. You're a gem dude.

My aunt died at Thanksgiving because she went to the bathroom to dislodge and didn’t let anyone know she was choking - and she was a brilliant biochemist. No matter how capable you think you are, get yourself visible while you attempt (even though I didn’t think to do that, but I was thankfully successful).

“The calmer you are, the longer you can remain conscious..” Literally saved my life while bleeding out internally at home. My EMT kept yelling at me to keep my eyes open and I told her I needed to do my deep breathing exercises so I didn’t panic, and I truly believe my calmness kept me alive long enough to get to the hospital 😹

As a lonely man I find this helpful

This video is to stop me from choking and dying but I’m here dying of laughter instead. Nothing better than a hilarious informative video

Imagine searching this video in THAT moment and 2 commercials pops up...

I unintentionally did this to myself once without knowing a thing. I was panicking so hard that I dropped myself on the edge of my bed on my chest so hard I immediately started breathing again. It left me so confused that I just went "whatever" and went on with my life without realizing I was choking and I unchoked myself

This video is great for me because dying alone is one of my most common scenarios

I’m a doctor, thank you so much for helping people save their lives!! ❤❤❤❤

literally did this with a chair to myself when i was almost 7 months pregnant. probably top 5 most terrifying things i've ever done. i was sure i was going to induce labor but i still figured it was better than dying & i could not breathe at ALL so i didn't have time to get outside cause i would have passed out before getting there & fallen down a flight of steps. slammed in to the chair 2x & food came out, baby was fine. i cried like a MF for a half an hour.

I greatly appreciate the way you answered "Isn't that gonna hurt?" with a laughing, "Yeah, probably," and then remind us that the pain is better than the alternative

This is the best video I've ever seen on internet

Truely a terrific video! Has all the best qualities of a good education anything! Short and cohesive while also containing valuable, easily understandable information whilst also being genuinely entertaining and funny to watch! even without the educational structure of the video. the humor and structure alone makes this video amazing to watch! Thank you for your amazing skills and education good sir! best few minutes very well spent!

I live alone and had never thought of what would happen if I ever choked. Genuinely helpful. Thank you, good sir 👍

Absolutely true. I was on the highway driving a tractor trailer while snacking on grapes. I choked on a grape. I pulled over, set the parking brake, got out, and threw myself at a guardrail post till the grape popped out. Works well.

Great advice, I cannot wait to try this out.

Thank you for such useful video, hope this will have much more views!!

Yep. I did this exact thing once when severely choking on steak, sitting and eating alone at a patio restaurant. I signalled with my hands to my throat, to a table in front of me, that I was choking…and the guy looked me in the eyes and then ignored me and looked away. I couldn’t believe it. The scariest part was that the food was lodged waaaay down in my windpipe (almost solar plexus level) and my chest literally stopped heaving. I was terrified but also knew I needed to try and stay calm. Simultaneously, I was preparing to die. Seriously. I can’t explain it any better than saying that my body somehow knew it was time and I could feel myself preparing for death-almost resigned to it and hyper aware it was time. And trust me, I’m not being dramatic-I’m not one given to hyperbole. Also, I had initially swallowed some water, trying to wash down the food, and I could feel the water just sitting there, on top of the blockage, swishing around. An incredibly strange sensation, as I was hyper-tuned to my internal body workings. Feeling my lungs stop moving,my diaphragm stiffen and torso start to shut down-very, very odd. I somehow had the presence of mind to stand up and grab a chair. It was one of those wooden chairs with knobby tops and I rammed that into my the area underneath my rib cage. I can’t recall for sure but I think it took a couple of tries…and sure enough, it worked. I exhaled the giant chunk of steak (I was eating too fast and not chewing enough) and also vomited out the water and a tiny bit of food as well. It was an absolutely terrifying experience-scariest of my life. And I am 100% convinced I that, had I not done this, I would have died. Thanks for posting this video!

Love how he’s choking the whole time Jason is lecturing him

The random yet valuable stuff we watch on You Tube. Fix your car, your boiler, save your own life or listen to positive affirmations to prevent you taking your own life. It's all here 😉

This was a funny but informative way to spread education. THANK YOU!

I’ll never forget my little brother almost choking to death surrounded by 30 family members sat at a restaurant table. We were all engrossed in our own conversation, & because my brother is Autistic, he wouldn’t naturally seek help. He just sat there, still, and silent (i.e same as he was before the choking lol). It was only once my uncle literally threw himself over to the other side of the table and lunged for my brother like homer lunges for Bart Simpson, that any of us realised anything was wrong. He proceeded to pull a 20 cm long piece of fried calamari out of my brothers throat. My brother only took one bite into it, enough to break it from being a calamari ring into a calamari pasta noodle. To this day, my brother refuses to eat calamari lol.

This video is: ✔ Life changing ✔ Informative ✔ Inspiring ✔ Heartwarming ✔ Useful ✔calming ✔Enjoyable ✔ Other

This was funny, entertaining and actually helpful AF. Thank you 😊

I was just wondering about that this week. Thank you so much.

I haven't watched this video, because I can't. But I need to leave this comment here: My mother was a dialysis nurse for 25 years. At the age of 48, she was home alone cooking beef stew. She tasted a piece of beef from the pot, choked on it, and died alone. She knew what to do. Hell, I remember her teaching ME what to do growing up. Don't underestimate the panic factor. That being said, THANK YOU for posting this video. This information is so important. Love your channel. Love what you do. Keep up the good work.

I started choking in a packed lunchroom at work. Not one person helped, just stared at me as I reached into my mouth and dislodged the food stuck in my throat. You can be in a room full of people, choking, not run off and still have to handle it yourself.

This came into my recommended minutes after I had to prevent myself from dying. I don’t know what I did, thanks for the refresher!

Man this is the most creative video i have watched in a while. These days there are not that much quality video out there. KZfaqr these days just pump out videos without any thought not like ten years ago.

The only time I was legitimately choking, I was in hospital. U’d been given two giant potassium supplement tablets, and one… got stuck. In order to get rapid help, I threw my cup (from breakfast) out the door. The nurse was getting ready to tell me why I couldn’t do that, and realized I couldn’t breathe, or cough, or speak. So I resorted to something more obvious. She said it one of the more creative ways a patient had requested immediate attention. And being the Quiet Patient, me throwing something was very weird

This recently happened to me. The chair didn’t work so I booted my neighbors door in. They were pissed but saved my life. I’m alive and I replaced their door the same day. Always remember, destruction is ok if it’s in an effort to save a life.

So funny and helpful! Great editing, too

Awesome video! Great execution and great message!

The unevenly split popsicles 😭

I have two 'I should be dead, but somehow I'm not' stories: I was very ill with pneumonia (a long time ago), and the doctors gave me these HUGE antibiotics I was supposed to take. Well, I tried to take one when I got home and started to choke on it. I was alone - but luckily, I was saved by my sick sense of humor. The irony of choking to death on a pill that was supposed to help me breathe made me laugh, and somehow it came out. My throat hurt for days. Also, when I was young, a horse bumped me into a high-powered electric fence - the kind that sends you flying. I remember feeling my heart stop - flying through the air, thinking, "Oh shit, that's not good," and hitting the ground so hard that it started again. That was a bizarre experience. I just got up and wandered off (and NEVER told my mom because I'm pretty sure she would have killed me). I wasn't supposed to be in that pasture.

this is a humorous way to present an absolute real world scenario... although... less comedy and more instruction.... think 30 / 70 humor/informative as opposed to 80/20 humor to informative might be a better choice but thanks anyway! i personally had this experience eating chicken at 5 yrs old.... luckily for me my mom was right there and recognized that i was in trouble... she has said that when she looked at me my lips had turned blue.... wich is DEFINITELY one of the signs a choking person will exhibit while actually choking... my mom saved my life that day and if she hadnt i wouldnt be here right now typing this....... so thanks mom.... but i do worry about this and would like to know more............ ty for posting this vid!!!

I love how this is funny and educational ❤

This happened to me freshman year of college, alone in the dorms. I realized I was completely alone on the floor, and used my chair- although I did it kind of on all fours, flinging myself against the edge of the seat lol. I remember being surprised at how calm I was once I realized I was alone, and thinking "No. I refuse to die like this, choking on a f***ing *calcium supplement*!"

One time I started choking while camping. Couldn’t get any air to move and it was absolutely terrifying. I made the international sign for choking to a fellow camper and he panicked not knowing what to do. I motioned him over, positioned him behind me, grabbed his hands and maneuvered them into position for him to give me the Heimlich maneuver, and gave an example upward push into my diaphragm. He caught on and after a few attempts the food dislodged. Anyway, the bottom line is if you stay calm and clear headed you can think outside the box enough to save yourself.

Thank you I was so scared of choking alone 😢❤🎉

Thanks man, its good to know how to help yourself in such situations. I was chocking to death when i was 9 yr old while eating a hard candy. Had the whole life review and everything, wish i knew how to help myself since i could not scream or do much. You got one thing wrong though, there was no pain, i was at the edge of death and i felt no pain whatsoever.

Earlier this year, I hiccuped which caused some unchewed food to lodged in my throat. Luckily, I was able to reach way down deep in there, grab it, and yank it out. The advice to "go outside, literally anywhere but alone indoors" is truly such a good thing to remember. Even if you have no clue who your neighbors are, if you collapse outside, someone is bound to call emergency, whereas dying inside, no one may check on you for weeks. You don't want to be THAT sort of corpse.

I'm on a life-long quest to not die by myself. This knowledge will surely help me at some point. Thank you

That was especially good. The self Heimlich does work, (I won't divulge how I know this fact), and not panicking is vital. Love your channel and all its quirkiness, so subscribed after watching about 10 of your videos. Would give you a hug if I could.

Great video on so many levels

I had a piece of hot dog stuck in my throat once and, in a room with 3 family members including a parent, made the "I'm choking" sign over and over and they just stared at me so I ran towards the kitchen counter and slammed into it and the hot dog chunk popped right out into the sink. I was around 10 so it was the perfect height. Point is you don't have to be alone to need to know how to do this lol

It’s shocking how many people choke to death hiding in a restroom. Their fear of embarrassment actually surpasses their fear of eminent death, causing them to flee from the people who could save them.

I was just thinking of this scenario yesterday (though in reality I think if it relatively often as a SAHM with a 13 month old toddler). Good refresher on what to do. I knew the back of a chair was a great first option for help but it slipped my mind how hard the pressure had to be. So that was a great reminder

Excellent, well-done guys.

There's a lot of content that would be appreciated on self survival practices. Please do more.

This just happened to me July 4th. Was eating pulled pork while talking and not chewing properly like an idiot and it went down the wrong pipe. I was choking. I got up, walked over to a chair, dropped onto it like in this video about 3-4 times and was able to dislodge the blockage. Was scary as hell but it worked.

Love your videos!

Dude totally appreciate the knowledge

My uncle, whos passed away at this point, had a heart attack while he was alone. When he fell over he landed on his stomach/face and it started his heart again. He told us he died but he got over it hahahahaha RIP Joe

Great video, well done and funny too. Many many Years ago ( I'm 75) a friend of mine who lived in large travel trailer was chocking to death and there was no one around, so he finally in a panic ran out the door onto the metal steps which he tripped on and he fell face first onto his stomach onto the ground and the meat dislodged and came up. The falling like he did saved his life. He was a big tall slim guy and when he hit the ground he did not put his hands up, I guess because he was in a panic, but it saved his life. I use to say only Richard could do something like that where God tripped him so he could live a little longer. My dear friend has long passed but I still miss that big goofy guy.

Honestly the most terrifying experience of my life. A couple weeks ago I was home alone when my partner was at work, I was eating and started choking. I panicked for a few bit before remembering this. I vividly remember thinking "this is it, I'm gonna be another statistic, choking alone in my apartment." I had a hard time sleeping for a few days after.

Almost chokoed by myself a few times, once i thought i was done for. Thank you for this video.

I live alone and I want to personally thank you for this.

As someone who has bad allergies that cause phlegm in the throat, sadly I have Googled how to do a "Heimlich maneuver" on myself more than once... I hope I never have to use the techniques described, or to seek medical attention because of difficulty breathing, but when you live alone, this is good stuff to know when you start hacking up phlegm. To Jason's point, though, I live on a busy road. If I can get to the road before I lose consciousness (and maybe try to use the mailbox post to fix the choking myself), hopefully a passing car would help or call for help. 🤷‍♂️. Never hurts to plan ahead.

Learning while laughing out loud 😂😂 😂. Thank you for the lesson and laughter 😂😂

Great information and I had a big laugh. Thank you!!

As someone who was sure they were going to die alone on their bathroom floor one night. I wish I had seen this year's ago.

11 years in EMS and this is easily the best PSA for self-heimlich I've seen. Love the funny content, but yeah, this could save some lives. Well done brother. Edit: phrasing

top! serious topics in a funny but professional way! Congrats from Portugal.

Thank you for the silly safety tip!! Love your videos 😆👏🏾👏🏾

*I wish this guy was my first aid instructor, he's way more entertaining than the one i had.*

I never knew how terrifying seriously choking could be until I experienced it myself. I had a real bad cough and hoarse throat only a couple months ago and was taking regularly cough drops / bonbons. So one afternoon I was sitting on the couch, my mother in the kitchen (which is connected to the living room, she could see me) and on the armchair next to me sat her husband (not my dad). I took a cough drop and it got dislodged in my throat. I couldn't speak or anything and it was just terrifying, really, as my mom just gave me a weird look and continued cooking when I tried to grab her attention, trying to get help from her, the other one didn't even notice. I felt like I'd die right there without anyone around me noticing despite them BEING there. Thankfully it was just a bonbon and after some coughing and moving around I was able to swallow it down as it had probably shifted a bit in its place and loosened up. I told my mum about it after but she didn't really get it, she didn't understand that I could have just been GONE that day and that still hits hard.

Hilarious and yet extremely informative. Stay strong!

I wasn’t eating like a maniac, but was choking at home alone. I put my fist in the correct position as if I was helping someone else and ran myself into the counter, which seemed to move it a bit, but then went to a chair to dislodge the rest of the way. I was cautious in breathing in again, but was so grateful to be able to! My lungs and throat were burning and my muscles felt torn apart in my neck and shoulders, but it was worth it 😅!

As someone who’s recently (possibly due to an accident, gonna get checked out very soon) had an uptick in choking incidents, I can also add this: do NOT think drinking something is going to help you. All that liquid is going to do is sit on too of the blockage and block your airways even further, possibly getting fluid into your lungs.

This looks really helpful, im gonna save this vid so next time if i choke i will watch and do as he say:)

Bro this was hilarious and sad at the same time. Well done 👏🏻

Thankfully our father was super serious about eating. No talking, no music or whatever. Just eating calm and relaxed. And it was not about choking. He said that it´s important to take your time while eating. Thanks, Papa!

When I was a kid (I think 8/9) I got a marble stuck in my throat and started choking. I tried to get my parents to help and they just said "you're not choking", and ignored me (were even irritated I bothered them). Luckily I managed to save myself...if I remember right, by punching myself in the chest with both hands. I had seen multiple things about the heimlich maneuver and was recreating it to the best of my 8/9 year old ability. Stuff like this really saves people 👌🏻 I'm sure even more so now that it's just a click away.

I learned this while taking CPR class in college. Needed it when I was around 25. Home alone. Threw myself against the kitchen counter and everything came flying out. Scared the bejeebers outta me!

This is such good advice for me. You may have saved my future life That and teaching myself to chew without inhaling - but just in case

Choked on a cheeze-it. Panicked. Stood up, tried to take a drink of soda, it foamed up in my mouth, I started blacking out, so I went to kneel down, smacked my head on the table, then landed flat back on the floor which shot the cheeze-it out. Your method sounds way easier.

This is one of my biggest fears of living alone. Not specifically choking, but anything that I would need an ambulance for