What are the first aid methods for airway foreign body obstruction?

Airway foreign body obstruction can be said to be very dangerous. If not treated properly, it will lead to breathing difficulties and even the risk of suffocation, posing a great threat to life safety. When airway foreign body obstruction occurs, you must take the correct method to perform first aid. The international first aid method Heimlich maneuver, also known as the Heimlich maneuver, is a better method. Let us learn about it below.

What are the first aid methods for airway foreign body obstruction?

Amid all this enthusiastic hospitality, we as mothers need to be extra careful, as some things can easily become fatal killers to our babies. For example, nuts such as peanuts, pistachios, and walnuts are most likely to get stuck in the baby's throat.

Prevention is the first prerequisite, but if we unfortunately encounter it, how should we deal with it correctly?

Here, I will teach you a good way to deal with this kind of accident.

What is foreign body obstruction?

It mainly refers to food or foreign objects getting stuck in the glottis or falling into the trachea, which can cause the patient to suffocate or have severe breathing difficulties. The specific manifestations include sudden choking, inability to speak, wheezing, rapid breathing, purple skin, and in severe cases, loss of consciousness may occur quickly, and even respiratory and cardiac arrest.

For those who have lost consciousness or have stopped breathing or their heart has stopped beating, we need to use cardiopulmonary resuscitation. The methods taught below are first aid measures for conscious patients.

International first aid method: Heimlich maneuver (Heimlich maneuver).

The "Heimlich maneuver" uses residual gas in the lungs to form an airflow to flush out foreign objects. It is the standard method for rescuing patients with tracheal foreign bodies throughout the world.

Specific method: The rescuer stands behind the patient, wraps his arms around the patient's waist, then makes a fist with one hand and places the thumb side of the fist on the patient's abdomen above the umbilicus below the thorax. Use your other hand to make a fist and strike upward quickly to compress the patient's abdomen. Repeat the above steps until the foreign body is expelled. (Specific actions are shown in the figure below)

You can summarize it into the following keywords: behind the back, lunge, fist, two fingers horizontally above the navel, upward, and inward.