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MANAGEMENT
For Adult, Child, Infant
Choking
• Is a common breathing emergency
Common causes:
1. Trying to swallow large pieces of poorly
chewed food.
2. Drinking alcohol before or during meals.
3. Wearing dentures.
4. Eating while talking excitedly or laughing,
eating too fast.
5. Walking, playing, or running with food or
objects in mouth.
If a person is choking…
Clutching the throat is the
universally recognized
distress signal for choking.
A conscious person who is
choking has a partially
blocked or completely
blocked airway.
Partially blocked – wheezing
sound; can still breathe and
speak.
Completely blocked – can’t
speak nor breathe; high-
pitched noises
If a person is choking…
Encourage the victim to
cough forcefully.
- If the person continues to
cough without coughing
out the object, call for an
ambulance.
Heimlich Maneuver
- Quick & hard upward
thrusts to the choking
victims abdomen, just
above the navel.
If a person is choking…
Chest thrusts
- Just like abdominal
thrusts except for the
placement of your hands
(center of victim’s
breastbone).