Four first aid methods for tracheal foreign body! Do you understand?

Tracheal foreign bodies are a common childhood accident and one of the main causes of accidental death in children under 5 years old. Every holiday is a high-incidence period for tracheal foreign bodies in children. Parents should pay special attention to prevent accidents. So how to provide first aid for foreign bodies in the trachea?

The symptoms of tracheal foreign bodies can be divided into four stages:

Foreign body entry period, quiet period, irritation or inflammation period, and complication period. Parents should try to discover foreign objects in the early stages and remove them in time. At this time, home first aid is particularly important.

Heimlich maneuver

It is an emergency first aid method that uses the residual gas in the child's lungs to form an airflow to flush out foreign objects. The rescuer stands behind the child, hugs his abdomen from behind, wraps his arms around his waist and abdomen, makes a fist with one hand, and presses the palm of the fist inward on the area between the child's navel and ribs; covers the other hand on the fist, and presses inward and upward with both hands quickly and forcefully, repeatedly, until the obstruction is spit out.

Abdominal push

Place the child in supine position on the table, and the rescuer places one hand between the navel and xiphoid process of the abdomen, applying appropriate pressure upwards close to the abdomen; the other hand is gently placed on the chest wall, applying appropriate pressure upwards and into the chest cavity to increase the pressure in the abdominal and chest cavities. Repeating this several times can cause the foreign body to be coughed out.

Patting the back

In the standing position, the rescuer stands behind the child, places one arm on the child's chest to support the child, and uses the base of the other hand to give continuous, rapid and forceful taps on the spine in the interscapular area to facilitate the expulsion of foreign matter.

Handstand back pat

Suitable for infants and young children. Lift the person's legs upside down so that his head hangs down, and pat his back gently. This will force the foreign object to be coughed out through the body's own gravity and the impact of the gas in the chest cavity during choking.

If the above methods are ineffective or the situation is urgent, the child should be sent to the hospital immediately. However, you should be careful not to eat or drink before being sent to the hospital so that the doctor can perform surgery as soon as possible.