Choking Adult, child and infant

*Signals of Troubled Breathing Adult Noisy or painful breathing Noisy or painful breathing Unusually deep or shallow breathing Unusually deep or shallow breathing Changes in skin color Changes in skin color

Conscious Choking Universal Sign of Choking- clutching of the throat Universal Sign of Choking- clutching of the throat If the victim is conscious and cannot cough, assume the airway is blocked. If the victim is conscious and cannot cough, assume the airway is blocked.

Conscious Choking Encourage someone to continue to cough Encourage someone to continue to cough

Choking-Adult and Child 5 back blows and 5 abdominal thrusts (until the object comes out or victim passes out)

Choking Victim-conscious 1- Get consent from the victim. 2- give 5 back blows and 5 abdominal thrusts 5 Back blows 5 Abdominal thrusts

If you are alone when choking, lean over a firm object, like the back of a chair and press your stomach against it. If you are alone when choking, lean over a firm object, like the back of a chair and press your stomach against it.

Choking Victim-conscious Still call even if the object comes out (there is a chance that tissue in the airway may swell) Still call even if the object comes out (there is a chance that tissue in the airway may swell) If the victim is too large to reach around the abdomen, give chest thrusts (same technique but on the breastbone) If the victim is too large to reach around the abdomen, give chest thrusts (same technique but on the breastbone)

Choking- Infant 5 back blows and 5 chest thrusts with the baby across your thigh 5 back blows and 5 chest thrusts with the baby across your thigh –Using gravity to try and dislodge the object

Choking- Infant How can you tell an infant is choking? How can you tell an infant is choking? –*looked panicked and are not able to cry, cough or breathe. –*A breathing emergency is signaled by a wheezing or high pitched sound