What do I do if someone is choking on their food?
Answer:
It's quite funny to say 'Are you done with this?' and then when they don't answer, scrape all of their food onto your plate.
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The hemlich manover.If you don't know how to do this and CPR there is classes you can take to get certified.
When a person is choking, you must work quickly to get the airway open. You should follow these simple steps:
(1.) Give the victim four firm slaps to the back directly between the shoulder blades. This may help to loosen whatever is stuck so that it may be coughed out.
(2.) If slaps to the back do not help, you need to try the following technique:
Stand behind the victim, extend your hands around the victim. Lock your hands together just below the victim's ribs. Then pull your locked hands back rapidly and forcefully. This technique can forsake air from the lungs and into the airway. This then pushes the object out of the throat. Some people prefer to use this technique without any slaps to the back. This technique is known as the Heimlick maneuver.
These thrusts should be continued until the object is forced out or until the victim becomes unconscious. If the victim becomes unconscious you need to follow the instructions for checking an unconscious victim.
If a conscious victim is too big for you to reach around and give good abdominal thrusts, give chest thrusts instead. You should also give chest thrusts to a person who is pregnant.
If you are alone and choking you can give yourself abdominal thrusts with you hands. Another way is to lean over and press you abdomen against any firm object. Don't lean over anything with sharp edges that could hurt you.
If the choking victim is unconscious or is lying down, the following steps should be taken:
(1.) You need to open the airway and artificial respirations should be given if at all possible.
(2.) The victim's mouth should be checked to see whether the object can be removed from the throat.
(3.) I the first two steps do not work, you should then roll the victim to one side and give four strong slaps between the shoulder blades.
(4.) Then the person who is giving care needs to roll the victim on to their back once again. They should forcefully push on the upper abdomen four times. This may force air from the lungs and push the object out of the air way.
(5.) Again, the victim's throat should be examined to see if the object can be pulled out.
(6.) If the object is still in the airway, then you should attempt again.
COMMON CAUSES OF CHOKING/ADULT:
1. Trying to swallow large pieces of poorly chewed foods.
2. Drinking alcohol before or during a meal. Alcohol dulls the nerves that aid in swallowing.
3. Wearing Dentures
4. Eating while talking/eating too fast/laughing.
5. Walking, playing, or running with food or an object in your mouth.
PREVENT CHOKING IN CHILDREN BY:
1. not leaving small objects where children can get a hand on them
2. having children eat in a highchair/suppervised
3. making sure toys are to large to swallow
4. cutting foods the proper size for a child
THE UNIVERSAL SIGN FOR CHOKING IS CLUTCHING THE THROAT WITH ONE OR BOTH HANDS!
Punch'em in the gut, or anything along those lines, or you could be a loser and do the heimlich.
Have you heard of the Heimlich Maneuver? You go behind him/her and put your arms around him, and pull in really hard right under the breast bone. Look it up on your computer: Heimlich Maneuver. They'll explain it way better than I did!!lol
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