Comment on YSK What to do if someone’s choking: Evidence says begin with back blows
toofpic@lemmy.world 3 weeks agoI was taught the same as a part of nurse training - maybe I was given outdated information, I don’t know. Bu t of course I was surprised by the article
NannerBanner@literature.cafe 3 weeks ago
My most recent bls cpr recert talked about back blows, and said chest thrusts before abdominal thrusts.
thespcicifcocean@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Chest thrusts as in chest compressions? Like whet the heart stops? What if the heart is still beating??
NannerBanner@literature.cafe 2 weeks ago
No, not chest compressions, though that IS what you go to if they don’t stop choking, and then become unconscious (because not breathing is a direct path to not beating). Again, I’ll refer to the wikipedia article someone else has posted in these comments, but chest ‘thrusts’ are similar to the abdominal thrust, but your hands are placed higher, around the rib cage rather than just under it as with the heimlich/abdominal.
toofpic@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I really hope it’s about Heimlich, not really thrusts :)
“Are you choking? Here comes the punch!”