CHOKING

Children are more prone to this. They usually play with small objects like coins,beans, groundnuts, etc. These objects can get lodged in the nose or throat blocking the air flow.

Pointers:
_difficulty breathing
_noisy breathing
_cough or inability to cough forcefully
_loss of consciousness


WHAT TO DO: five-and-five cycle

* Give 5 back blows. Deliver 5 back blows between the person's shoulder blades with the heel of your hand.

* Give 5 abdominal thrusts (Heimlich maneuver)

* Call paramedic or police or rush to hospital

* Alternate between 5 blows and 5 thrusts until help comes or the object is dislodged. Check the person's mouth for the dislodged object.

* If the person becomes unconscious, start CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation).


HEIMLICH MANEUVER

# Stand behind the person. Wrap your arms around his 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.

NB: Do a high abdominal thrust if the person is obese or pregnant.


DON'Ts
* Never do a finger sweep unless you can see the object in the person's mouth

* don't give fluid
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