Choking First Aid for Choking Victims: The Heimlich Maneuver

Choking First Aid for Choking Victims: The Heimlich Maneuver
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Slide1CHOKINGFirst Aid for Choking Victims: The Heimlich Maneuver Click to begin

Slide2CHOKINGFirst Aid for Choking Victims: The Heimlich Maneuver Click to Continue

Slide3SYMPTOMS 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

Slide4Assisting 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

Slide5If 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

Slide6Assisting a  Pregnant or ObeseChoking 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

Slide7Assisting an UnconsciousChoking 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

Slide8Clearing 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

Slide9Clearing 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

Slide10Additional Infant chokingtechniques  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