Cardiopulmonary resuscitation Essay | Essay

This student essay consists of approximately 1 page of analysis of How to Clear an Obstructed Airway.

Cardiopulmonary resuscitation Essay | Essay

This student essay consists of approximately 1 page of analysis of How to Clear an Obstructed Airway.
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How to Clear an Obstructed Airway

Summary: The following provides an outline on how to clear an obstructed airway.
How to Clear an Obstructed Airway

A. Conscious Victim

1. Ask, "Are you Choking""

2. If the victim can speak, cough, or breathe, do not interfere.

3. If the victim cannot speak, cough, or breathe, give abdominal trusts (The Heimlich Maneuver) until the object is expelled or the victim becomes unconscious. (Or in case of extreme obesity or late pregnancy, give chest thrusts.)

4. Be Persistent

B. Steps for Abdominal Thrusts if victim is conscious

1. Find the persons navel and there tip of the sternum.

2. Make a fist and place it between the two points

3. Start trusts in an upward action

4. Repeat step three until the object is expelled.

C. Steps for an Unconscious Victim

1. Lay victim on their back

2. Find the persons navel and their tip of the sternum.

3.Take both hands and make a fist like position and place it between the victim's navel and the tip of their sternum...

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