When many people eat fish, chicken nuggets and other foods, they are easily caught by fishbones and chicken bones, which is very painful and they don't know how to deal with it scientifically.
Especially for the elderly and children, when they are stuck, they may use some inappropriate methods to make the situation worse. Today, I will introduce Heimlich's first aid method, which has saved many people.
The case of "food stuck in the throat"
1. A 7-month-old Beckham from Jinhua, Zhejiang, choked to death while eating peanuts while playing. 10 minutes later, grandma found Beckham panting and thought he was tired of playing, so she took him home. It was too late for his parents to get to the hospital. Beckham's brain was badly damaged ... His parents agreed to give up treatment in tears and the child left. ...
Second, the mother of a two-year-old boy sent such a message on WeChat. Recalling the scene last night, she still has a lingering fear. The kind aunt at the counter of the shopping mall gave her son a fruit candy to eat, and soon his son cried red. Soon I realized that the candy had been swallowed by him and stuck in my throat. At that time, I was scared to death. I knocked on my back hard, as if it didn't work. My son's mouth has turned purple, and he thought of heimlich's first aid method in a hurry. He shook his back twice according to the situation, and a hard candy bigger than a jujube pit came out of his throat with some sticky liquid. My son immediately blushed and cried loudly, and my heart finally fell to the ground. Afterwards, I carefully studied the standard movements of Heimlich's first aid method and remembered that it was really a gourd painting gourd ladle.
Professor heimlich is an American doctor who has been engaged in surgery for many years. In clinical practice, he was shocked by the cases of respiratory tract obstruction caused by suffocation of a large number of foods and foreign bodies.
In emergency treatment, doctors often pat patients on the back or put their fingers in their mouths and throats to remove foreign bodies. The result is not only ineffective, but also makes the foreign body go deeper into the respiratory tract.
After repeated research and animal experiments, he finally found a first-aid method to use the residual gas in the lungs to form airflow to rush out foreign bodies. In 1974, he first reported the removal of tracheal foreign bodies by abdominal impact.
Principles of "Heimlich First Aid Method"
By impacting the abdomen-the soft tissue under the diaphragm, it is suddenly impacted, generating upward pressure and compressing the lower parts of both lungs, thus driving the residual air in the lungs to form airflow.
This directional air flow with impact force directly driving the trachea can drive away foreign bodies such as food blocks blocking the trachea and throat and save lives.
Specific countermeasures of "Heimlich first aid method"
1, if it is a child under 3 years old.
The rescuer should immediately pick up the child, hold the child's cheekbones on both sides with one hand, hold his arm against the child's chest with the other hand, and hold the child's back neck with his face down on the rescuer's knee. Pat 1-5 times on the child's back to observe whether the child spits out foreign objects.
If the foreign body does not come out, you can take another posture, turning the child over and lying on the hard ground or bed board, and the rescuer kneels or stands on his feet or sits down, and makes the child ride on the rescuer's thigh with his face forward.
The rescuer puts the middle finger or forefinger of both hands on the child's abdomen, under the chest and on the navel, and slams it up quickly, but gently. Repeat until the foreign matter is discharged.
2, suitable for emergency adults
The rescuer stands behind the patient, wraps his arms around the patient's waist, and then makes a fist with one hand, placing the thumb side of the fist on the abdomen on the umbilical cord under the patient's chest.
Then grab the fist with the other hand and quickly hit the patient's abdomen. Repeat the above method until the foreign matter is discharged.
3, for self-help
Adults can adopt the last three of the above four steps, or lean slightly against a fixed horizontal object and press the upper abdomen with the edge of the object to impact quickly upward. Repeat until the foreign matter is discharged.
Heimlich first aid is a super practical method, and Bian Xiao suggested that everyone should learn it. On the contrary, what we usually call "indigenous methods" is very harmful and will make the situation more and more serious.
Misunderstanding of fishbone sticking in throat
1, rice ball swallowing
In the indigenous method, the first step to catch the fishbone is to eat a big rice ball. The bigger the ball, the better. Take a bite and wrap the fishbone in your stomach. In fact, this method is very unscientific. The swallowing of rice balls will not only cause the danger of suffocation, but also make the fishbone penetrate deeper into the meat and it is difficult to take it out.
Step 2 drink plenty of water
Don't drink boiled water, soup or drinks all the time after the fishbone gets stuck in your throat, because the fishbone has been stuck in your throat. If you swallow it all the time, it will easily cause the fishbone to shift and even deepen the fishbone's stuck position, which is quite harmful. Therefore, you just need to simply rinse your mouth, and then you can go to the hospital.
3, finger buckle digging
The fishbone is stuck in your throat. Don't pick your throat easily with tools or fingers. This will not only cause nausea and vomiting, but also deepen the position of fishbone and make the symptoms more serious. Try looking at your throat with a mirror, but don't reach out or take it with tweezers. If it is unstable, it will aggravate the pain.
4. The delay is too long
After a friend got a fishbone stuck in his throat, he didn't think it was serious at that time, so he didn't take it seriously. Others think that the fishbone will go down by itself in a few days, and nothing needs to be done, and everything will be as usual. These are all wrong ideas. If the delay is too long, it will cause throat infection and complications.
5. Drink a lot of vinegar
Drinking vinegar can't really soften the fishbone. Because vinegar can only stay in the stuck position for a short time, not only the effect is very limited, but also the treatment opportunity may be delayed.
Besides fishbone, when old people and children eat some food, the food may get stuck in their throats. In order to avoid choking, it is suggested that the elderly and children eat less of the following foods.
Foods that easily block the trachea of the elderly and children.
1, jelly
Old people and children who swallow jelly are prone to accidents, so don't be careless! Parents are advised not to give jelly to the elderly and children as a whole, but to break it first before giving it to the elderly and children.
2, twist, candy
Food that is not easy to bite is easy to choke and is not suitable for the elderly and children. If it is really for the elderly and children, it is recommended to cut it into cubes first.
3. shredded squid
Snacks with long fiber and strong bite, including shredded squid and beef jerky, are not suitable for the elderly and children.
4.peanut butter
It is too thick to be swallowed by old people and children.
Step 5: nuts
The size is too small, sometimes old people and children may swallow it first and then chew it, which is easy to choke.
6, small fruit
Small round fruits with stones inside are not suitable for the elderly and children, such as longan, grapes and cherries. Old people and children can peel before eating.
7. Multi-fiber vegetables
Vegetables that are rich in vitamins and are not easy to bite are not suitable for the elderly and children, such as celery and bean sprouts.
8. Big meat
Large pieces of meat can't be chewed by old people and children. If swallowed hard, they can easily suffocate. They should be sliced or diced.
9. Long noodles
Noodles that are too long are not easy for the elderly and children to swallow, and they are easy to choke if they smoke and eat. When cooking, they can be cut into small pieces before cooking.
10, spiny fish
It is suggested to cook fish with fishbone less, otherwise it will choke to death and stab the esophagus and mouth of the elderly and children.
Remind you again: fishbone gets stuck in your throat, never drink vinegar, and don't stutter. You can use Heimlich first aid to make yourself feel vomiting, so as to cough up foreign bodies. If the fishbone gets stuck in the meat, the effect may not be obvious, and it needs to be sent to the nearest hospital for treatment!