You are in a restaurant, and you see another patron who appears to be starting to choke. The person is not coughing audibly, but he or she is clutching his throat and trying to cough.
Ans) Choking happens when someone's airway suddenly gets blocked, either fully or partly, so they can't breathe.
- Mild choking: encourage them to cough
If the airway is only partly blocked, the person will usually be able to speak, cry, cough or breathe.
They'll usually be able to clear the blockage themselves.
To help with mild choking in an adult or child over 1 year old:
• encourage them to keep coughing to try to clear the
blockage
• ask them to try to spit out the object if it's in their
mouth
• don't put your fingers in their mouth to help them as they may
bite you accidentally
• If coughing doesn't work, start back blows.
- Severe choking: back blows and abdominal thrusts
Where choking is severe, the person won't be able to speak, cry,
cough or breathe. Without help, they'll eventually become
unconscious.
To carry out a back blow on an adult or child over 1 year old:
• Stand behind them and slightly to one side. Support their
chest with 1 hand. Lean them forward so the object blocking their
airway will come out of their mouth, rather than moving further
down.
• Give up to 5 sharp blows between their shoulder blades with the
heel of your hand. The heel is between the palm of your hand and
your wrist.
• Check if the blockage has cleared.
• If not, give up to 5 abdominal thrusts.
Abdominal thrusts
• Don't give abdominal thrusts to babies under 1 year old or
pregnant women.
- To carry out an abdominal thrust:
• Stand behind the person who's choking.
• Place your arms around their waist and bend them forward.
• Clench 1 fist and place it right above their belly button.
• Put the other hand on top of your fist and pull sharply inwards
and upwards.
• Repeat this movement up to 5 times.
• If the person's airway is still blocked after trying back blows
and abdominal thrusts, get help immediately:
Call 999 and ask for an ambulance. Tell the 999 operator the
person is choking.
Continue with the cycles of 5 back blows and 5 abdominal thrusts
until help arrives.
If they lose consciousness and aren't breathing, you should begin
cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) with chest compressions.
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