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CHOKING

CHOKING. First Aid for Choking Victims: The Heimlich Maneuver. Click to begin. CHOKING. First Aid for Choking Victims: The Heimlich Maneuver. Click to Continue. SYMPTOMS OF CHOKING. Inability to speak Difficulty breathing or noisy breathing Inability to cough forcefully

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CHOKING

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  1. CHOKING First Aid for Choking Victims: The Heimlich Maneuver Click to begin

  2. CHOKING First Aid for Choking Victims: The Heimlich Maneuver Click to Continue

  3. SYMPTOMS OF CHOKING • Inability to speak • Difficulty breathing or noisy breathing • Inability to cough forcefully • Skin, lips and nails turning blue or dusky • Loss of consciousness • DO NOT DO THE HEIMLICH MANEUVER ON A PERSON WHO CAN SPEAK! Click to Continue

  4. Assisting Someone Else • Stand behind person • Wrap your arms around the waist • Make a fist with one hand • Position the fist 4 inches above navel • Grasp fist with the other hand • Tip the person slightly forward • Press hard into abdomen with a quick upward lift as if trying to lift the person Click to Continue

  5. If You are Choking • Place fist slightly above your navel • Grasp fist with the other hand • Bend over a hard surface Chair or counter top • Shove your fist inward and upward Click to Continue

  6. Assisting a Pregnant or Obese Choking Victim • Use the same procedure as above • Move the fist slightly higher then a normal Heimlich maneuver, at the base of breast bone just above the point where the ribs join. • Proceed with Heimlich maneuver with quick up and inward movement. Click to Continue

  7. Assisting an Unconscious Choking Victim • Lower the person on his or her back • Clear the air way • Place the heel of the hand on the diaphragm • Thrust sharply upward • Make visual check • If you see any blockage turn the head sideways. • Reach and remove ONLY if it is dislodged and easily accessible • Even if the airway remains blocked, begin CPR Click to Continue

  8. Clearing Airway of a Infant • Assume a seated position • Place infant face down on forearm and rest infant on your thigh • Using the heal of your hand thump the infant 5 times on the back Click to Continue

  9. Clearing the airway of an Infant • If the infant is still choking turn the child face up with head lower than trunk • Using two fingers placed on the center of the infants breast, give 5 quick chest compressions Click to Continue

  10. Additional Infant choking techniques • Continue alternating chest compressions and back blows until the airway is clear. • Call 911 • After the obstruction is removed, begin CPR if necessary. • If the child is over 1 year old, give abdominal thrusts only This Concludes the Presentation

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