Choking

If a oersib us choking, he will point at his throat while trying to speak. The Heimlich Manoeuvre can be used to help the victim.
The Heimlich Manoeuvre technique for a Conscious victim (for children aged one year and above and adults)

• Stand behind the victim and tell him you are trying to help.
• Wrap both your arms around his stomach.
• Clench you fist, clasp your other hand around the fist, and place your hands halfway between the breastbone and navel.
• Thrust your hands inwards and upwards several times until object is expelled.
• If you are choking and alone, do something that can attract the attention of other people such as knocking, throwing something or anything that may be of help.
• Find the rounded back of a chair and place it halfway between your breastbone and navel.
• Press down your stomach firmly until the object is expelled.

If The Victim Faints

• Lay the victim on the ground.
• Get help and call the ambulance.
• Open the victim's mouth, check for foreign object and remove it with your finger if any.
• Open his airway (head tilt and chin lift technique) and check his breathing.
• If none, give mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and repeat regularly if no response from the victim.
• If there is no chest movement, press down on the chest 15 times (position of the hands is similar as for CPR)
• Repat the above sequence until the victim recovers or help arrives.

When opening the airway of a victim with a suspended spinal injury, the head tilt chin lift technique should not be used, instead USE the jaw thrust technique.
You are advised to learn the Heimlich Manoeuvre properly.