First Aid and safety Lesson 8

Do Now

What is the universal sign for choking?

Do Now

What is the universal sign for choking?

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Choking for Adults and Children

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Choking for Adults and Children • Ask, “Are you choking?”

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Choking for Adults and Children • Ask, “Are you choking?”

• Look for the universal sign

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Choking for Adults and Children • Ask, “Are you choking?”

• Look for the universal sign • Heimlich maneuver – abdominal thrusts

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Wrong Way

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Wrong Way Correct Way

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Choking for Infants

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• Place infant downward

Choking for Infants

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• Place infant downward • Using the heel of your

hand give four quick blows to the back

Choking for Infants

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• Place infant downward • Using the heel of your

hand give four quick blows to the back

• Turn the baby over and

press two fingers into the middle of the baby’s sternum.

Choking for Infants

You cannot dislodge the particle and the victim has stopped breathing. What do you do?

OMG!!!!!!

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Rescue Breathing

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Rescue Breathing • Look, Listen or Feel for Breathing

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Rescue Breathing • Look, Listen or Feel for Breathing

• Tilt the victim’s head back

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Rescue Breathing • Look, Listen or Feel for Breathing

• Tilt the victim’s head back

• Pinch the victim’s nostril and give two breaths

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Rescue Breathing • Look, Listen or Feel for Breathing

• Tilt the victim’s head back

• Pinch the victim’s nostril and give two breaths

• Look, Listen and Feel for breathing, again

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Rescue Breathing • Look, Listen or Feel for Breathing

• Tilt the victim’s head back

• Pinch the victim’s nostril and give two breaths

• Look, Listen and Feel for breathing, again

• Check to see if there is a pulse

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Rescue Breathing • Look, Listen or Feel for Breathing

• Tilt the victim’s head back

• Pinch the victim’s nostril and give two breaths

• Look, Listen and Feel for breathing, again

• Check to see if there is a pulse

• No breathing? Administer breaths every five seconds.

You sense that the victim’s heart has stopped

OMG again!!!!

Only if you have been trained to do so!!!

Begin CPR

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CPR – Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation

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CPR – Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation • ABC’s of CPR

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CPR – Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation • ABC’s of CPR

o Airway – open their airway

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CPR – Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation • ABC’s of CPR

o Airway – open their airway o Breathing – check for breathing

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CPR – Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation • ABC’s of CPR

o Airway – open their airway o Breathing – check for breathing o Circulation – 30 chest compressions, 2 full breaths

Closure What would you do if you were alone and

choking?

Closure What would you do if you were driving and

choking?