How to Help Someone Who Maybe Choking on Food ( Conscious Adult Choking ) (726 hits)
A conscious adult choking victim may not be able to talk, cough, or breathe, and may do the universal choking sign with hands around their throat. Ask if the patient needs help. Separate the patient's feet, place one foot behind their feet, and raise their elbows. Place one hand with thumb tucked in against the abdomen, above the bellybutton, and grab your fist with the other hand. Perform abdominal thrusts until the object comes out of the patient's airway or the patient becomes unconscious. http://www.ProCPR.org ...
Once a choking victim becomes unconscious, activate EMS. Check for breathing and the object in the patient's mouth, sweep out if possible. Attempt two breaths, if there is no chest rise and fall, attempt two more breaths. Perform 30 chest compressions, check for the object again, and sweep out if possible. Continue this process until the airway is open and air goes into the lungs.
