{"id":884,"date":"2017-02-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-02-12T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/?p=884"},"modified":"2017-02-12T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2017-02-12T00:00:00","slug":"emergency-medicine-choking-heimlich-maneuver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/2017\/02\/12\/emergency-medicine-choking-heimlich-maneuver\/","title":{"rendered":"Emergency Medicine: Choking \u2013 the Heimlich Maneuver | Natural Holistic Health Blog"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><!-- Large NHH bottom post --><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<h3>\n  Do You Know What to do if Someone Is Choking?<br \/>\n <\/h3>\n<p><iframe allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3OFXRIiOwx8\" width=\"560\"><br \/>\n<\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>\n  How to Know if Someone Choking Needs Your Help<br \/>\n <\/h3>\n<p>\n  The<br \/>\n  <strong><br \/>\n   universal sign for choking<br \/>\n  <\/strong><br \/>\n  is hands clutched to the throat. If the person doesn\u2019t give the signal, look for these indications:\n <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n   -Inability to talk\n  <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n  The<br \/>\n  <strong><br \/>\n   Heimlich maneuver<br \/>\n  <\/strong><br \/>\n  is an emergency technique for preventing suffocation when a person\u2019s airway (windpipe) becomes blocked by a piece of food or other object.\n <\/p>\n<p>\n  It can be used safely on both adults and children, but most experts do not recommend it for infants less than one year old. You can also perform the maneuver on yourself. If the person has stopped breathing and you have dislodged the object from the windpipe,<br \/>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/emergency-medicine-heart-attack-and-cpr\/\"><br \/>\n   CPR may need to be performed<br \/>\n  <\/a><br \/>\n  .\n <\/p>\n<h3>\n<strong><br \/>\n   The Heimlich Maneuver<br \/>\n  <\/strong><br \/>\n<\/h3>\n<h3>\n  To perform the Heimlich Maneuver on an infant:<br \/>\n <\/h3>\n<p>\n<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Emergency Medicine: Choking - The Heimlich Maneuver\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-186542 size-medium\" height=\"217\" src=\"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/27668122_s-e1486879160304-325x217.jpg\" title=\"Emergency Medicine: Choking - The Heimlich Maneuver\" width=\"325\" \/><br \/>\n  1. Place the infant face down across your forearm (resting your forearm on your leg) and support the infant\u2019s head with your hand. Give four forceful blows to the back with the heel of your hand. You may have to repeat this several times until the obstructing object is coughed out.\n <\/p>\n<p>\n  2. If this does not work, turn the baby over. With two fingers one finger width below an imaginary line connecting the nipples, give four forceful thrusts to the chest to a depth of one inch.\n <\/p>\n<p>\n  You may have to repeat this several times until the obstructing object is coughed out.\n <\/p>\n<h3>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Emergency Medicine: Choking - The Heimlich Maneuver\" class=\"alignright wp-image-186545\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/59792145_s-218x400.jpg\" title=\"Emergency Medicine: Choking - The Heimlich Maneuver\" width=\"204\" \/><br \/>\n  To perform the Heimlich Maneuver on yourself:<br \/>\n <\/h3>\n<p>\n  1. Place a fist slightly above your navel.\n <\/p>\n<p>\n  2. Grasp your fist with the other hand and bend over a hard surface \u2013 a countertop or chair will do.\n <\/p>\n<p>\n  3. Shove your fist inward and upward.\n <\/p>\n<p>\n  4. If you do not have the strength or the object is not coming out, find the corner of a table or chair and push your body upward and inward.\n <\/p>\n<h3>\n  If choking is occurring, the Red Cross recommends a \u201cfive-and-five\u201d approach to delivering first aid:<br \/>\n <\/h3>\n<ul>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>\n<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Emergency Medicine: Choking - The Heimlich Maneuver\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-186543\" height=\"396\" src=\"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/heim1.gif-306x400.png\" title=\"Emergency Medicine: Choking - The Heimlich Maneuver\" width=\"303\" \/><br \/>\n<\/h3>\n<h3>\n  To perform the Heimlich Maneuver on someone else:<br \/>\n <\/h3>\n<p>\n  1. Stand behind the person. Wrap your arms around the waist. Tip the person forward slightly.\n <\/p>\n<p>\n  2. Make a fist with one hand. Position it slightly above the person\u2019s navel.\n <\/p>\n<p>\n  3. Grasp the fist with the other hand. Press hard into the abdomen with a quick, upward thrust ? as if trying to lift the person up.\n <\/p>\n<p>\n  4. Perform a total of five abdominal thrusts, if needed. If the blockage still isn\u2019t dislodged, repeat the \u201cfive-and-five\u201d cycle.\n <\/p>\n<p>\n<span style=\"border-radius: 2px;text-indent: 20px;width: auto;padding: 0px 4px 0px 0px;text-align: center;font: bold 11px\/20px 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,sans-serif;color: #ffffff;background: #bd081c  no-repeat scroll 3px 50% \/ 14px 14px;position: absolute;z-index: 8675309;cursor: pointer\"><br \/>\n   Save<br \/>\n  <\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p><!-- Large NHH bottom post --><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p> &lt;div<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Do You Know What to do if Someone Is Choking? How to Know if Someone Choking Needs Your Help The universal sign for choking is hands clutched to the throat. If the person doesn\u2019t give the signal, look for these indications: -Inability to talk The Heimlich maneuver is an emergency technique for preventing suffocation when [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":926,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-first-aid-injuries-bites"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=884"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/884\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valuecare.wpgamma.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}