How to determine autonomic respiratory arrest

To determine whether the autonomic breathing has stopped, the following methods can be used: First, look, by observing the patient’s thorax, lower abdomen and other parts, whether there are signs of undulating activity, patients with autonomic respiratory arrest, there will be no undulation of the upper parts, completely stationary and other symptoms phenomenon. Second, listen to the patient’s chest, nasal cavity and other parts of the patient, observe whether there is the sound of breathing airflow, if there is no breathing airflow symptoms, there may be a situation of autonomic respiratory arrest. Third, feel, you can use your fingers to place at the patient’s carotid artery and wrist artery, if there is arterial arrest, you need to consider the possibility of voluntary respiratory arrest. For patients with autonomic respiratory arrest, necessary resuscitation measures should be given promptly, such as removal of foreign bodies from the mouth and nasal cavity, chest compressions and artificial respiration.