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Choking is a medical emergency. When a person is choking, air cannot reach the lungs. If the airways cannot be cleared, death follows rapidly.
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What is the treatment for choking?
If choking is due to allergic reaction or infection, people should summon emergency help or go immediately to an emergency room.
What is The Heimlich maneuver is used for which type of injury or emergency A Shock B Heart attack C Choking?
C. Choking
What is The Heimlich maneuver is used for which type of injury or emergency A. Shock B. Heart attack C. Choking?
C. Choking
What is the most common household emergency in Milwaukee, WI?
The most common household emergency in Milwaukee, WI is choking. The second common household emergency is drownings and fires.
What kind or type of injury or emergency is the Heimlich Maneuver used for?
It is used when a person is choking on food or a swallowed object, which is blocking the airway to the lungs. The Heimlich compression is an effort to dislodge and regurgitate the food or other object from the throat.
What is the treatment for allergic choking?
Allergic reactions can also cause the throat to swell shut. Acute allergic reactions are called anaphylactic reactions and may be fatal. Strangulation puts external pressure on the trachea causing another form of choking.
What effect does choking have on your lungs?
Choking affects the lungs by choking
How do you do oral with a halls cough drop?
You shouldn't do oral with a halls cough drop as it can become lodged in your throat and cause you to have a choking emergency.
Is choking abuse?
Someone choking you, YES.
How could a normal person help someone whos having an emergncy?
it would depend on the person helpin because if they were strog then could hit the thief on the head but if they were a wimp then they would run for it .Well, It depends on the emergency. if there is an emergency call 911. If someone is choking then you do CPR.
What if your baby is choking by the stomach cord?
Call 911! It doesn't matter what the baby is choking on, just that it's choking.
What is the precaution for choking for adults?
The precaution for choking for adults is the same as it is for children. To prevent choking thoroughly chew food.
