I have read the more people choke eating a hot dog than any other food.I have been into sweet bread and butter chip pickles. As I am getting older I will now be more careful to chew my food better because its sounds bad that he was killed choking on a sweet pickle. It was bad I am not going to give any details but the chocking was real real bad. My girlfriend works at a retirement home and knows the heimlich move, or I may not being telling the story, someone else would have to. Oh yea and my girl friend had just had a disc operation 3 weeks ago but she is ok after almost picking me up doing the heimlich. Be careful something like a pickle could kill you.
I have had to administer the Heimlich twice. Someone who is actually choking will be unable to speak or cough, so you have to pay attention to that.
Someone who is alone and choking can give themself the Heimlich by using the back of a chair. I don't know if I would be calm enough to be able to do it to myself without pannicking.