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Chocking

The document provides guidance on first aid treatment for choking. It outlines the steps to perform abdominal thrusts if a victim is unable to speak or cough. These include standing behind the victim, wrapping your arms around their waist, clenching your fist above their belly button, and thrusting inward and upward 5 times. It also describes slapping the back for partial choking and encouraging coughing to dislodge blockages. Do not perform abdominal thrusts on pregnant people or large adults, and remain calm while assisting the choking victim.

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Chocking

The document provides guidance on first aid treatment for choking. It outlines the steps to perform abdominal thrusts if a victim is unable to speak or cough. These include standing behind the victim, wrapping your arms around their waist, clenching your fist above their belly button, and thrusting inward and upward 5 times. It also describes slapping the back for partial choking and encouraging coughing to dislodge blockages. Do not perform abdominal thrusts on pregnant people or large adults, and remain calm while assisting the choking victim.

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The Do and Don’ts for First Aid Treatment

DIAGNOSIS

CHOKING • Using your fingers Steps in Abdominal thrusts


to force out the 1. Stand behind the person who is choking.
item out of the 2. Place your arms around the waist and
victim’s mouth. bend them well forward.
3. Clench your fist and place it right and place
it right above the person’s navel (belly
button)
4. Place your other hand on top, thrust both
hands backwards into their stomach with a
hard, upward movement.

Complete blockage
Do it five times (1 cycle), stop each cycle to
If the victim unable to check if the blockage has been cleared.
make any sound at
all. Alert!
• Do not thrusts on pregnant and on a
very
large sized adult.
The Do and Don’ts for First Aid Treatment
DIAGNOSIS

CHOKING • Slap the victim • Remain calm and encourage the victim to
back’s hard. keep coughing to try and clear the
blockage.
• Using your fingers
to force out the • Stand slightly behind the person to one
item out of the side.
victim’s • Support their chest with one hand. Lean the
mouth. person forward so that the object blocking
the airway will come out of their mouth,
rather than going further down.
• Give at least 5 sharp blows between the
person’s shoulder blades with the heel on
ASK! Are you your hand.
choking?

If the victim able to Stop after each blows to check if the blockage
talk, groan, wheeze or has cleared. If not, give up to five abdominal
cough, he is partially thrusts.
choked.

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