Choking
Matthias and Sten
Symtoms
To see if a person is choking, you need to find these things...
- Inability to talk
- Difficulty breathing or noisy breathing
- Inability to cough forcefully
- Skin, lips and nails turning blue or dusky
- Loss of consciousness
How to help a person who is choking?
- Give 5 back blows. First, deliver five back blows between the person's shoulder blades with the heel of your
- Give 5 abdominal thrusts. Perform five abdominal thrusts (also known as the Heimlich maneuver).
- Alternate between 5 blows and 5 thrusts until the blockage is dislodged.