Salt Lake Tribune | 1906-01-12 | Page 8 | To Relieve Chocking

TO RELIEVE CHOKING Doctors Say Time Lost May Mean Fatal Termination From the CS.se of Mrs Jennie Armstrong, Arm-strong, who died from strnnsulation Sun-day Sun-day afternoon :tt 1TJI North C'harle street, where she was boarding, physicians physi-cians say that all persons may well take a h sson. When n person chokes, however vllj;ht-ly, vllj;ht-ly, thej t:iv, haste must be taken to dis-IihIko dis-IihIko ihe ohxtt uctioti. hut care should be exerclst fi in tht methods. "When a person chokes at the table or elsewhere " v.-ii,i Dr. J 8. Fulton, secretary secre-tary ".f tlie Stnte Bonrd of Health, ' he should promptly 1 n l up, as attempts to cough up the obstruction while witting nre ll."i..e tn cause it 1. 1 sink I, nth. r down the windpipe. "The seriousness of the choking depends upon the position of the lungs when the lodgment occurs if they are Inflated the pressure which the person naturally exerts ex-erts is likely to move the oostructlon, but the serious cases are where the lunge happen to he deflated, and the first efforts ef-forts at coughlnK carry the object farther far-ther down the windpipe "With a chllil in a serious condition of this kind the best thing lo do Is to lift it up bodily by the 1.1-t. with the head hanging downward, and give n few Vlo- lent Jerks. This is almost certain to accomplish ac-complish the desired result. In dealing with a grown per -sun the remedy Is not SO easy. One of the best methods Is to grasp him around the waist and have him lean forward, so lhat his head will be as low as his feet, and then give violent vio-lent shakes. "The sluht of a choking person Is likely to rxi Ite those who see It. After tho first convulsive coughs have- failed and the sufferer begins to lose strength so rapidly that he cannot make further efforts the case seems to be hopeless. But V 0 after breath has been entirely cut off nnd the person Is helpless there is no need to despair of saving the life Prompt and vigorous notion, as long as the head Is kept down and gravity is helping, may Jolt out the obstruction "When the simple m thods seem to fall no time should be lost In sending for a physician or. preferably, u surgeon. Of- i ten lives have been saved at the last moment mo-ment by the bold usx of the knlf There Is no time then for anaesthetics or other preliminaries. The moment the larynx has been cut nnd an air passage opened the patient begins to breathe and regain strength. 'Tlie story Is told of Dr. T. UcLane Tiffany, who was once about to operate on a young person to remove an unnatural unna-tural jrrowth from the nostrils, when the bit nf flesh fell into tlie patient's windpipe. wind-pipe. Without a moment's delay he cut through and removed the obstruction and made what was a remarkable Operation. "Once there wns an old country doctor who was called in lo a patient who was hoklng with a button. 'Do something, Quick,' all tried as he came In at the door. The patient was on the Moor, on her hands and knees, straining to cough up the button. The doctor bad on a big pair of hoots. Hi swur.g hack and gave her one kick, which sent the button Hying Hy-ing In one direction and her in another." Baltimore Sun.