Transcript Lesson 12- First Aid for Choking

FIRST AID FOR CHOKING
FIRST AID FOR CHOKING
Target: I will be able to describe procedures for emergency
care and life saving
Choking: An emergency
in which the airway is
blocked.
• Without oxygen,
brain damage can
occur in as little as 4
to 6 minutes.
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Universal Distress
Signal: A warning that a
person is having difficulty
breathing and is shown by
clutching the throat with
both hands.
Abdominal Thrusts- a
series of thrusts to the
abdomen that force air
from the lungs to dislodge
an object
First Aid for Choking:
If You’re Choking:
1. Make a fist with one hand and grab
the fist with your other hand.
2. Give yourself five quick abdominal
thrusts
3. Apply pressure inward and push up
towards your diaphragm in one smooth
motion
4. If a sturdy chair is available, push your
body against the back of the chair,
pushing between the waist and ribs.
Conscious Choking Adult or Child:
1. Stand behind the victim and wrap your arms
around their waist
2. If the victim is much taller than you have them
get down on their knees
3. Make a fist with one hand and place the thumb
side of the fist into the victim’s abdomen above
the navel and below the rib cage
4. Give 5 quick abdominal thrusts and repeat until
the object is out
Conscious Choking Demonstration
Let’s practice!
Unconscious Choking Adult or Child:
1. Call 911
2. Roll victim on their back
3. Open their airway by lifting their chin while
tilting their head back
4. Perform CPR by finding the lower part of the
victim’s breastbone and measure up the width of
2 fingers from that point
5. Place the heel of your other hand
over the heel of the first and
interlock your fingers
6. Position your shoulders over your
hands and lock your elbows straight
7. Compress the chest (2 inches) hard
and fast (30 times at a rate of 100
compressions per minute)
• Remember! Keep the beat!!
8. Look for the object in the person’s
mouth and remove it
Unconscious Choking Demonstration
Choking Infant:
1. Have someone call 911 if the victim isn’t
coughing or crying
2. Place them face up on your upper leg so their
head is lower than the rest of their body
3. Press 2-3 fingers
into the center of
the breast bone
and give 5 quick
chest thrusts
4. If the victim still
cannot cough/cry,
place them face
down on your
forearm or upper
leg
5. Support their head by placing your hand around
their lower jaw and chest
6. Use the heel of your hand to give them 5 quick
blows to their back between the shoulder blades
7. Repeat chest thrusts and back blows until the
object is out
Choking Infant Demonstration
Summary:
AH, AH, AH AH, STAYIN ALIVE, STAYIN ALIVE
Choose an type of choking victim and create a step by step
visual of what you should do to give first aid to that
individual.
*Use a minimum of 4 colors*
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