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2. Basic airway management - Wikipedia

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   Basic airway management is a concept and set of medical procedures performed to prevent and treat airway obstruction and allow for adequate ventilation to a patient's lungs. [1] This is accomplished by clearing or preventing obstructions of airways.

3. Choking emergency? How to do the Heimlich maneuver - AOL

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   Teacher, Driving Home From Work, Pulls Over To Save Choking 100-Year-old Woman With Heimlich Maneuver Wrap your arms around their torso from the back. Make a fist with one hand and grab it with ...

4. What should you do if a baby, child or adult is choking? Here ...

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   Choking can happen in a range of situations, but experts say that the main causes in children are food, coins, toys and balloons. In adults, “the most common causes of choking almost always ...

5. Abdominal thrusts - Wikipedia

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   A universal sign of choking has been designated as a silent indication from a person who is unable to breathe, and consists of placing both hands on one's own throat while trying to attract the attention of others who might help. [13] The man on the right is performing the universal sign of choking by placing both hands on his throat.

6. New Sewickley Township officer helped save student choking on ...

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   The incident started when an 8-year-old student started to choke on a bottle cap around 12:40 p.m. Staff were notified of the struggling student, which prompted them to alert the elementary school ...

7. Choking - Wikipedia

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   [4] [5] Foods that can adapt their shape to that of the pharynx (such as bananas, marshmallows, or gelatinous candies) are more dangerous. [6] Various forms of specific first aid are used to address and resolve choking. Choking is the fourth leading cause of unintentional injury death in the United States.

8. Twelve-year-old boy saves choking classmate with Heimlich ...

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   A quick-thinking 12-year-old in Pennsylvania saved his friend from choking after successfully performing the Heimlich manoeuvre on him.. Ethan Williams performed the manoeuvre on his friend Bryce ...

9. Pulmonary aspiration - Wikipedia

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   For choking children less than 1 year of age, the child should be placed face down over the rescuer's arm. [21] Back blows should be delivered with the heel of the hand, then the patient should be turned face-up and chest thrusts should be administered. [ 21 ]