How does "food stuck" help?
Dr. Kasamon Aramwanich, Department of Emergency Medicine Faculty of Medicine Ramathibodi Hospital Mahidol University states that having knowledge of first aid treatment for those with throat infections is important for everyone to know, because if the food has a completely obstructive throat Just a few minutes May cause the death of the patient before arriving at the hospital.
Food stuck in the throat, completely obstructive vs not completely
How to observe whether the patient has food obstructive food completely or not completely.
Food stuck in the throat completely. The patient will not have a voice. (No voice spoken) or a cry for help And symptoms will occur suddenly The patient will begin to look like suffocation. Until it may start to turn green
Food stuck in the throat, not completely blocked. The patient will still have a voice speaking. The trachea will not be completely blocked.
Child's throat food It may be noticed from fatigue, wheezing, and cyanosis on the face or body.
How to help First aid for patients with obstructive throat food
When food is completely obstructing the trachea This will cause the body to no air or oxygen flow through and out normally. It can lead to suffocation and death within minutes. The research found that Our brains can only endure asphyxiation for about 4 minutes, or brain cells may die. Resulting in disability or death.
How to help First aid for food stuck in the throat The steps are as follows.
- Call for help at 1669 first. It will be me Or have someone else help you to call Because there is a risk that we are trying to provide first aid, the following may or may not work if it does not work until the patient is unconscious. So that a support team can help in time Or even if the food comes out Must have further treatment anyway
- 2.1 For young children To put the child lying face down on the legs.
2.2 The head is lower than the body. Pat the shoulder blades vigorously with the heel 5 times with speed and force.
2.3 Turn the child to lie on his back, use 2 fingers to press down the center of the chest vigorously 5 times.
2.3 Do both things alternately. Until the food particles come off Or until the child is unconscious This will be changed to CPR instead
. Do not touch the legs of a child raised. Have the child hang their head down and shake the child. Because in addition to not helping the food come out Can also risk injury to the child in the head and neck. Or the risk of bleeding in the brain as well - 3.1 For older children and adults to assist in the back.
3.2 Wrap around the patient under the armpit to the abdomen.
3.3 Handful of our hands. By holding down his thumb Turn the thumb side into the epiglottis
3.4 Use the other hand, the end spoon on the little finger
3.5 The helper exerts a force of pushrod towards himself at an angle with speed and force
3.6 Keep doing it until the foreign matter comes out of the mouth of the person sick Or until the patient can speak out. Or do it until the patient is unconscious And have to switch to CPR instead,
should not use the back of the hand. Because it doesn't help the food come out Which is a different way for children
All should be done with speed. And use enough force Do not be afraid that the patient will be injured by the force applied. Because if not enough force is used The likelihood that the patient will die from food intake is greater.
