Basic Survival by David Nash

Author:David Nash
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
Published: 2017-03-13T04:00:00+00:00

Recovery Position.

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Conscious Patients

In conscious patients, choking often causes airway blockage and they will often signal using the universal sign for choking. You may also see other signs like gasping, the inability to speak or cough, and a blue tinge around the lips.

Abdominal Thrusts (Heimlich Maneuver)

In this maneuver, a rescuer stands behind a patient and uses his hands to press sharply inward and upward right under the ribcage in order to exert pressure on the diaphragm. This abdominal thrusting compresses the lungs and exerts pressure on any object lodged in the throat and hopefully will expel the object.

Most first aid certification groups teach a tiered approach to the abdominal thrust method and alternate thrusts with back blows and show how to transition from abdominal thrusts on a conscious victim to rendering aid on an unconscious patient.

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