How to Help a Choking Victim. You never know what might happen and when you might need to know how to save someone who's choking. It's important that you learn how to find out if someone's is really choking next to you and how to help people in trouble. You'll have to know how to perform the Heimlich maneuver and there are special rules for how to save a choking child or choking dog. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices