CHOKING
Symptoms:
- inability to talk
- wheezing
- forceful coughing
- clutching the throat area as a sign of distress
- fainting
Q:What do i do when
myself or someone else is choking?
A: Preform the Heimlich maneuver.
Four step
process:
1. From behind, wrap your
arms around
the victims
waist
2. Make a fist and place the thumb side of your fist against the victims upper
abdomen, below the ribcage and above the navel.
3. Grasp your fist with your other hand and press into their upper abdomen with
a quick upward thrust. Do not squeeze the ribcage; confine the force of the thrust
to your hands.
4. repeat until object is expelled.