First Aid for Stuck Eating

The first aid method for stuck eating needs to be based on the patient’s age and whether it causes breathing abnormalities to choose coughing, Heimlich maneuver, and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). 1. If it is only stuck in the pharynx, it can be discharged by coughing hard. If it cannot be discharged, go to the hospital and ask the doctor to deal with it. 2. If eating gets stuck and causes breathing difficulties or even choking, use the Heimlich maneuver immediately. (1) First aid operation for children under 3 years old: pick up the child, put the tiger’s mouth of one hand on the child’s jaw to fix the head; turn the child over to the back upward, and use the root of the palm of the hand to hit the midpoint of the line connecting the lower edge of the shoulder blades on both sides. If the child does not respond, then quickly turn the patient to face up, keep the head low and feet high position; in the child’s two nipple line of the midpoint of the impact of the impact site for five consecutive times, until the foreign body is completely discharged. (2) First aid for children over 3 years of age or adults: the rescuer stands behind the patient, separates the patient’s legs from the patient’s back, and places the rescuer’s leg in the middle of the two legs; the patient sits halfway on the rescuer’s leg. Fist on the patient’s navel just above the position of the 2 horizontal fingers, the other hand open wrapped fist, inward and upward fast, powerful impact to the foreign body flushed out. 3. Be careful to observe whether the foreign body is flushed out, when the respiratory tract after the foreign body is flushed out should promptly check the patient’s respiratory heartbeat, such as the patient’s respiratory heartbeat has disappeared, should immediately implement cardiopulmonary resuscitation. If there is severe respiratory distress when the food is stuck, you should call 120 at the same time as the Heimlich maneuver and follow the instructions of the professionals.