A few days ago, a news about an old man in Hangzhou who ate a piece of white cut meat and nearly died of choking was published on major websites and friends. Is it very disturbing for mothers to see such news? What do you do if you don't make up first aid for your child.
1、 Why does choking occur
The doctor explained that the cause of choking is that there is a piece of epiglottic cartilage in the anterior upper part of the human larynx. This elastic cartilage is wide in the upper part and narrow in the lower part. It is located behind the hyoid bone and the base of the tongue. Usually, it stands up and opens the laryngeal cavity, raises the cartilage when swallowing, and closes the entrance of the laryngeal cavity to prevent food from entering the laryngeal cavity. When a child's body function is not fully developed, the cartilage cover is not tight,
The swallowing function is weak, and it is easy to inhale food into trachea. That's why you choke.
2、 The rescue time for choking is only 4 minutes
According to statistics, the 'golden time' for the rescue of children choking is 4 minutes after the occurrence. If the blockage cannot be discharged within 4 minutes, the child is likely to die of suffocation.
3、 Children's choking behavior
1. When the baby is eating, he suddenly doesn't speak, shows a painful expression and beats his chest with his hand;
2. Children's complexion turns blue, purple, tone changes, eyes turn white, limbs twitch, etc;
3. In case of partial airway obstruction, the child may have severe cough;
4、 First aid measures for choking
1. If it is an infant, parents should let your baby back up in the shortest time and hold him flat with the forearm. Use the thighs as support and keep them tilted so that the baby's head is lower than his or her body. Spread out the palm of your hand and pat your baby between the shoulder blades, which is a very effective way.
2. For older, conscious children with choking food, let them cough hard. The advantage is that it helps to remove the blockage through the air flow generated by coughing, or form a space to keep breathing, and the children will not be too nervous. Sit between your child's shoulders and pat your child quickly.
3. For the older and delirious choking children, because the children are delirious, we should help them through the external power of parents. First, let the child lie on his side, and then hold him from the side. One finger aims at the child's tongue and presses down. The other hand locates in the middle of the child's shoulder blade and slaps with the palm; The second method is if the child still can't breathe smoothly, let the child lie flat on his back, use the root of the palm to quickly impact his upper abdomen inward and upward, use two fingers to quickly press the sternum and lift it up, and repeat until the child spits out.
How to avoid baby choking
First: if the baby chokes because of eating steamed buns, steamed buns, bread and other food, you can't let him drink water immediately, otherwise, it's more difficult to deal with these food swelling.
Second: try to break up the food. Especially when eating some hard food, it can be crushed or cooked properly.
Third: as far as possible to remove the core, fishbone, bone.
Fourth: when the baby is eating jelly, the adult must watch beside to avoid the baby swallowing.
Fifth: let the baby develop the habit of eating without playing, talking and crying. Try to create a quiet dining environment for your baby. Especially pay attention not to force the baby to eat when the baby is crying or angry.
Sixth: let the baby develop good eating habits. In life, some babies like to play "unconventional". For example, I like to watch TV while eating, or eat while playing. In particular, some Baoma hope that the baby can unconsciously eat more while playing, and try their best when the baby is playing. In fact, this practice is very undesirable. It's easy to cause baby choking or overeating.
3、 Wrong first aid method for baby choking
1. Clapping on the back
This is probably the first reaction of the vast majority of people, but research has confirmed that the success rate of this method is less than 1%.
2. Emetic method
Hope to drain out a lot of water by drinking a lot of foreign matter. This method is also undesirable. If the water is easily inhaled into the trachea due to improper operation, the possible consequences will be incalculable. There are also some people who try to put their fingers in. This method is difficult to operate, and if they accidentally push the food into the airway, the consequences will be quite serious.
3. Lifting technique
Although there are some cases of using this method to spit out food. But strictly speaking, this is not the normal practice. Generally speaking, if there are other people to help and really can not think of other first aid methods can use this method.
Whether it's adults or infants who are stuck or choked by food, first of all, don't be in a hurry. Be sure to deal with it calmly, especially when the baby is crying because of food jam, pay attention to stabilize his mood first, and then try to find a way in the shortest time.
How to deal with children choking
Get rid of the misconception of "choke and feed"
When many parents see their children choking, their first reaction is to feed them water immediately and try to make them swallow it. However, in some cases, feeding water will increase the risk of suffocation. Just like the above tragedy, steamed bread will expand when it meets with water, but it will aggravate suffocation. Therefore, parents should bear in mind that water feeding is not the first emergency measure, it depends on the situation.
Do CPR now
See the child suffocation lead to face blue or purple, should immediately do cardiopulmonary resuscitation, that is to do cardiac compression, this is the most effective. Don't just want to go to the hospital and wait for doctors to rescue. If you can do cardiopulmonary resuscitation immediately before you go to the hospital, the possibility of children being treated will be greatly increased. Otherwise, even if the rescue is successful, it may also produce sequelae due to hypoxia.
Pick your throat with your fingers
If the child can't vomit and can't swallow, the parents should immediately pick the child's throat with their fingers to make the child feel sick and vomit, so that the foreign body can be vomited out.
Heimlich Maneuver
For children under 3 years old, hold the child with one hand, hold both sides of the child's cheekbones, and keep the arm close to the child's chest. Let the child face down, lie on the rescuer's knee, and pat the child on the back with the other hand for 1-5 times. At the same time, observe whether the child spits out foreign bodies.
Strengthen prevention
Parents need to strengthen prevention, children are not suitable to eat food do not let children get. In addition, the food given to children should be properly processed, such as cutting down and checking. Parents should never regret their carelessness for life.