1Encourage coughing
3Give abdominal thrusts
2Check mouth
4 Check mouth
CHOKING( ADULTS AND CHILDREN)
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TREATING CHOKING( children 1 – 7)
1Encourage coughing
• If the child is still able to breathe, encourage him to cough. This may help dislodge the obstruction, and should always be tried before other method, such as abdominal thrusts, are used.
Encourage child to cough
3Give abdominal thrusts
• If the child shows signs of becoming weak, or stops breathing or coughing, carry out abdominal thrusts.
• Put your arms around the child’ s upper abdomen. Make sure that he is bending well forward.
• Place your fist between the navel and the bottom of the breastbone, and grasp it with your other hand. Pull sharply inward and upward up to five times. Stop if the obstruction clears.
2Check mouth
• Check the child’ s mouth carefully to see if anything has been dislodged. Encourage him to spit it out, then make sure that the obstruction has been cleared.
! Important
• Do not sweep your finger around the child’ s mouth since you might push
an object farther down the throat.
• If the child becomes unconscious, open the airway, check breathing,
and be prepared to begin resuscitation( pp. 12 – 20).
Give five abdominal thrusts
4 Check mouth
• Check the victim’ s mouth again to see if anything has been dislodged, and remove the object carefully.
• If the obstruction is still not cleared, repeat steps 3 and 4 up to three times.
• If the obstruction still has not cleared, dial 911 or call EMS.
• Continue giving abdominal thrusts until help arrives or the child becomes unconscious.