What do you do when someone is choking on the Red Cross?

Give 5 quick, upward abdominal thrusts. Give sets of 5 back blows and 5 abdominal thrusts until the object is forced out, the person can cough forcefully or breathe, or the person becomes unconscious. If the person becomes unconscious, give care for an unconscious choking adult by performing CPR (see Panel 4).

What are the 5 steps if someone is choking?

Give 5 back blows. Stand to the side and just behind a choking adult. For a child, kneel down behind.

Give 5 abdominal thrusts. Perform five abdominal thrusts (also known as the Heimlich maneuver).

Alternate between 5 blows and 5 thrusts until the blockage is dislodged.

What are the six steps to aid someone who is choking?

Step-by-step instructions for helping a choking older adult:

• Assess whether or not they’re choking.
• Call 911.
• Begin back blows.
• Begin Heimlich maneuver or abdominal thrusts.
• Repeat 5-and-5.
• Begin CPR.
• Begin chest compressions.
• Give two rescue breaths.

What is the five and five approach?

First, deliver five back blows between the person’s shoulder blades with the heel of your hand. Give 5 abdominal thrusts. Perform five abdominal thrusts (also known as the Heimlich maneuver). Alternate between 5 blows and 5 thrusts until the blockage is dislodged.

When someone is choking What is the first step?

Stand behind them and slightly to one side. Support their chest with 1 hand. Lean them forward so the object blocking their airway will come out of their mouth, rather than moving further down. Give up to 5 sharp blows between their shoulder blades with the heel of your hand.

Do you perform CPR on a choking victim?

Give CPR to any victim who is not breathing or not breathing normally. CPR is also used for an unresponsive choking victim because the chest compressions can expel a foreign object from the victim’s airway. The specific steps for CPR are the same for adults, children, and infants.

What are 3 common causes of choking?

Common Causes of Choking

• eating or drinking too quickly.
• swallowing food before it has been sufficiently chewed.
• swallowing small bones or objects.
• inhaling small objects.

What is the first thing to do for someone who appears to be choking?

What should you not do when someone is choking?

The most important thing to remember is never to pat or slap your choking child on the back if they are managing to cough. Your actions may dislodge the object and allow it to be inhaled deeper into the airway.

What will you do if the patient is choking?

Learn first aid for someone who is choking

1. If someone is choking, encourage them to cough.
2. Bend them forwards and give up to 5 back blows to try and dislodge the blockage.
3. If they are still choking, give up to 5 abdominal thrusts: hold around the waist and pull inwards and upwards above their belly button.

What first aid should be given for choking?

Place your arms around their waist and bend them forward. Clench 1 fist and place it right above their belly button. Put the other hand on top of your fist and pull sharply inwards and upwards. Repeat this movement up to 5 times.