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Are_grits_groceries

(17,111 posts) Tue Jan 20, 2015, 07:20 AM Jan 2015

Learn how to self-apply the Heimlich maneuver.

A student at a Pennsylnania college apparently choked to death on gum.
Here I'd one link about self-applying the Heimlich maneuver:
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/001983.htm

FYI

If you are thinking 'Well duh.', you shouldn't. People really panic and having a plan in mind could save you.

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Learn how to self-apply the Heimlich maneuver. (Original Post) Are_grits_groceries Jan 2015 OP

I learned a different version in the First Aid course: DetlefK Jan 2015 #1

I saw my mom save herself by the counter edge method. Lars39 Jan 2015 #2

Not to detract from your message, but she apparently choked in her sleep. WinkyDink Jan 2015 #3

K&R.... daleanime Jan 2015 #4

graphics help me... handmade34 Jan 2015 #5

It even works against drowning jakeXT Jan 2015 #6

DetlefK

(16,423 posts)

1. I learned a different version in the First Aid course:

Reply to Are_grits_groceries (Original post)

Tue Jan 20, 2015, 07:45 AM

Jan 2015

The overall method is to force the patient to breathe out suddenly and forcefully. (There is always some leftover air in your lung, even if you breathe out.)

In the Heimlich maneuver you hold the back fixed and you compress from the front.

I learned a maneuver to hold the chest fixed and to slap the patient on the back. (1. with a flat hand, 2. the area where the shoulder-blades end, 3. one slap as hard as you can)

I once saw a nurse treating a choking and coughing old man who was lying in bed. He was choking on his food and struggling to keep breathing and she patted him on the chest with quick slaps. I was horrified, but I thought "She's the nurse, she knows what she's doing." and I didn't want to get into trouble.

Next time, you are coughing, slap yourself on the chest. See if you like it...

Lars39

(26,109 posts)

2. I saw my mom save herself by the counter edge method.

Reply to Are_grits_groceries (Original post)

Tue Jan 20, 2015, 08:02 AM

Jan 2015

No one knew she was even choking, but she had had training, so she knew what to do.

WinkyDink

(51,311 posts)

3. Not to detract from your message, but she apparently choked in her sleep.

Reply to Are_grits_groceries (Original post)

Tue Jan 20, 2015, 08:31 AM

Jan 2015

daleanime

(17,796 posts)

4. K&R....

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Tue Jan 20, 2015, 08:48 AM

Jan 2015

handmade34

(22,756 posts)

5. graphics help me...

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Tue Jan 20, 2015, 08:59 AM

Jan 2015

thanks for the link

jakeXT

(10,575 posts)

6. It even works against drowning

Reply to Are_grits_groceries (Original post)

Tue Jan 20, 2015, 09:15 AM

Jan 2015

...

Doctors said Reed may have saved his wife’s life after she suffered the seizure at the Ritz-Carlton Golf Resort. He heard some splashing and called out to her. When she didn’t respond, Reed went into the bathroom and found his wife submerged. He pulled her out of the water, and gave Justine the Heimlich maneuver. She was taken to NCH, then discharged Wednesday night. Her doctor came out during the front nine Thursday to tell Reed that his wife was doing well.

http://www.naplesnews.com/sports/golf/franklin-templeton-shootout-justine-reed-follows-husband-patrick-after-seizure-earlier-in-week_52498975

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