1. If someone drops to the ground and is unresponsive, and you check airway & breathing and you decide you need to do CPR, what if they have a pulse - do you still do chest compressions?
2. If someone is choking, and you do the head-tilt-chin-lift and give a rescue breath, but the air does not go in because the object is in the way, what do you do (assuming you can't see the object to scoop it out)?
2007-10-15 03:44:16 · 3 answers · asked by koifox_104 2 in Health ➔ Other - Health
Mistress, yeah I was assuming that the Heimlich hadn't worked and they had passed out due to lack of oxygen and were not laying on the floor with the object still blocking their airway. Thanks for the first response though :)
2007-10-15 04:04:33 · update #1
1. NEVER do chest compressions if there is a pulse, as this can stop the heartbeat of the patient. Instead, do EAR, which is basically CPR without the chest compressions. Make sure you check the pulse every minute though.
2. If there is an object in the way, you're going to have to get it out with your hand (or their hand if you'd prefer). Just put it into their mouth and down their throat. It's the only option.
2007-10-15 04:04:18 · answer #1 · answered by googalipop 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The new guidelines for layperson CPR (ECC 2006) say that if an adult is non-responsive and not breathing, you go straight to CPR. We no longer teach laypeople to take an adult's pulse or give an adult Rescue Breathing- except as part of CPR.
You would do 30 compressions and 2 Rescue Breaths until help arrives (or a few other things occur.)
If your breaths do not go in, you:
- retilt and try again
- perform 30 CPR-like compressions
- open the mouth and look for a foreign object
- do a Finger Sweep to remove the object
- Try 2 Rescue Breaths again.
If they go in, and there is no sign of life, go to CPR. If they do not go in, do 30 more compressions and keep following the steps.
You will learn this best by taking a class- one that uses the new, updated guidelines.
(We still teach pulse and separate breathing and CPR for infants and children).
2007-10-15 23:20:05 · answer #2 · answered by Madkins007 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If someone has a pulse but is not breathing, then only do the rescue breathing, checking for a pulse every minute.
If someone is choking, do the Heimlich to remove the object FIRST before you attempt rescue breathing.
2007-10-15 10:53:57 · answer #3 · answered by Nasubi 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋