Heimlich training advised for eateries

Anyone serving food to a member of the public should be trained in the Heimlich manoeuvre, a coroner has urged.

The manoeuvre is an emergency technique used to prevent a person choking when the airway becomes blocked by a piece of food or other object.

West Galway Coroner Ciaran MacLoughlin made the recommendation after hearing how a car-park attendant choked and died while having his lunch in a pub.