When Someone is Choking..

What is choking?

A foreign object that stuck at the back of the throat may either block the throat or induce muscular spasm.

Signs and Symptoms

Casualty may point to the throat or grasp the neck.

Casualty unable to:
· Speak
· Breathe
· Cough

Treatment

Conscious Casualty
1) Ask the casualty “Are you choking?”
2) Back Slaps x 5
3) Perform Heimlich Maneuver x5
4) Continue Himlich Maneuver until casualty fall unconscious

Unconscious Casualty
1) Support casualty and place casualty to a full spinal position
2) Open airway, remove foreign object if possible
3) Check breathing, give 2 blows if breathing not present
4) Continue perform 30 chest compression, if signs of life not visible

A video on how to perform Heimlich Maneuver...