CHOKING

by **cutest_dmd_force** Wed Mar 05, 2008 6:10 am

CHOKING( INFANT AND UNDER 1 YR OLD)
SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS: INABILITY TO CRY AND BREATHE
HIGH-PITCHED CROWING SOUNDS
SUDDEN WHEEZING OR NOISY BREATHING
WHAT TO DO:
1. DETERMINE THAT AIRWAY IS OBSTRUCTED. ONLY INITIATE FOLLOWING STEPS IF INFANT EXHIBITS SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS.
2. LAY INFANT FACE DOWN ON YOUR FOREARM, WITH INFANT'S CHEST IN YOUR HAND AND JAW BETWEEN YOUR THUMB AND INDEX.
3. USING THIGH OR LAP FOR SUPPORT, KEEP INFANT'S HEAD LOWER THAN HIS OR HER BODY.
4. GIVE FIVE QUICK, FORCEFUL BLOWS BETWEEN THE CHILD'S SCAPULAE WITH THE PALM OF YOUR HAND.
5. TURN INFANT OVER TO BE FACE UP ON YOUR OTHER ARM. USING THIGH OR LAP FOR SUPPORT, KEEP INFANT'S HEAD LOWER THAN HIS OR HER BODY.
6. PLACE TWO FINGERS ON THE CENTER OF THE STERNUM JUST BELOW NIPPLE LINE.
7. GIVE 5 QUICK THRUSTS DOWN, DEPRESSING CHEST 1\2 TO 1 INCH EACH TIME.
8. CONTINUE SEQUENCE OF FIVE BACK BLOWS AND FIVE CHEST THRUSTS UNTIL THE OBJECT IS DISLODGED.