Introduction

What happens when you choke?

How to prevent choking?

What are the signs to choking?

What do I do when someone’s

choking?

What is the Heimlich maneuver?

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Choking is a life-threatening emergency. Someone

can die in 4 minutes by suffocation. Every second

counts. Often the victim will grab the throat with one

or both hands when choking. Unless a victim is

helped, loss of consciousness and death may follow.

The action to clear a blocked airway is an abdominal

thrust, also called the Heimlich maneuver. Described

below is the technique for a conscious choking victim

who is one year of age or older. Different steps must

be taken if the victim is unconscious or pregnant, or

if the victim is less than one year of age. You can

learn the steps for these special situations in a first

aid course.

Choking most often occurs during eating or drinking, when solid food

lodges in the pharynx or larynx or when liquid is inhaled into the larynx

and trachea. As a rule, the expulsive force of coughing is sufficient to

remove the obstructions. Obstructions that cannot be coughed up may be

removed manually or with a special instrument. If a completely

obstructing object cannot be removed immediately, breathing may be

restored by making a surgical opening in the trachea below the

obstruction.

take small bites, the larger you bite the

greater the chance u will choke.

sit down and eat

avoid eating in the car

avoid giving little kids they can choke on

grapes, carrots, popcorn, nuts, hotdogs, and

hard candies.

The universal sign for choking is hands

clutched to the throat. If the person doesn't

give the signal, look for these indications:

Inability to talk

Difficulty breathing or noisy breathing

Inability to cough forcefully

Skin, lips and nails turning blue or dusky

Loss of consciousness

Perform the abdominal thrust to help save someone from choking

if they are unconscious activate emergency medical services ASAP open mouth and perform finger sweep

open airway(head tilt-chin lift) and attempt to rescue breath

if unsuccessful perform abdominal thrust up to 5 times

Abdominal thrust

conscious victim

ask if choking if they can speak cough breath don't interfere

if the victim cant breathe speak etc perform abdominal thrust until the foreign body is expelled or the victim becomes unconscious

Stand behind the person. Wrap your arms

around the waist. Tip the person forward

slightly.

Make a fist with one hand. Position it

slightly above the person's navel.

Grasp the fist with the other hand. Press

hard into the abdomen with a quick, upward

thrust — as if trying to lift the person up.

Perform a total of 5 abdominal thrusts, if

needed. If the blockage still isn't dislodged,

repeat the five-and-five cycle