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When giving abdominal thrust to an adult who is choking where should you position your fist?
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∙ 6y ago
- For a conscious person who is sitting or standing, position yourself behind the person and reach your arms around his or her waist.
- Place your fist, thumb side in, just above the person's navel and grab the fist tightly with your other hand.
- Pull your fist abruptly upward and inward to increase airway pressure behind the obstructing object and force it from the windpipe.
- If the person is conscious and lying on his or her back, straddle the person facing the head. Push your grasped fist upward and inward in a maneuver similar to the one above.
You may need to repeat the procedure several times before the object is dislodged.
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∙ 13y ago
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When giving care to an adult who is conscious and choking where should you position your fist to give abdominal thrust?
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When you give care to an adult who is conscious and choking where should you position your fist to give abdominal thrust?
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When you give care to an adult who is conscious and choking where should you position your fist to give abdominal thrusts?
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A choking child becomes unresponsive while you are doing abdominal thrusts for severe choking You ease the child to the floor What should you do next?
you should look in his or her mouth if the object hasn't came out if not , keep doing abdominal thrust until item is out . but if the item is out . you give two rescue breaths and abdominal thrust until child becomes responsive .
What position should you should you immediately place a casualty in who has an abdominal wound?
back with knees flexed
A child is choking on a piece of meat and he is conscious and coughing forcefully what should you do?
Do the Heimlich Maneuver (abdominal thrusts). The kid will 'spit' out the meat or whatever he/she's chocking on.
What position for abdominal wound?
If a person has an abdominal wound, you should rest their upper half on your bent knees on the ground.
What position should you immediately place a victim with and abdominal wound in?
On back with knees flexed in
Should you give abdominal thrusts to a conscious child who is choking?
Abdominal thrusts are not used any more for unconscious choking. Perform chest compressions just like in CPR instead of abdominal thrusts.
When someone is choking you should first ask?
You should ask them if they are choking. Encourage them to keep coughing - as long as they are able to cough, they are able to get some air and may be able to dispel the object without your help. If they are not able to cough, and if you know how to perform abdominal thrust maneuvers to try to dislodge the object, you should also ask them if you can help them before making any attempts.
What position should you immediately place and casualty in who has abdominal wound?
On his or her back with his or her knees flexed
When should recovery position be used?
Someone should be put into recovery position when either they have thrown up or is going to throw up. The recovery position prevents the person from choking on their own vomit. Recovery position should not be used if the victim has a spinal injury as paralysis could result.
