Show School n School and Horn Home by by- br Dr Daryl aryl J. J McCarty Secretary Utah Education How to save savea a choking person The student was sitting in a school cafeteria eating lunch one moment and within the next second he was four minutes away from death The boy was choking on a apiece apiece apiece piece of taco shell Medical people say a choking person has only four minutes to live unless somebody can remove remove the object blocking the airway Fortunately the medical people have come up with a way for us to to save choking people A teacher used this technique called the Heimlich Maneuver to remove that dangerous piece of taco shell The maneuver works this way First you stand behind the choking person and wrap your arms around his or her waist Grasp your fist with your other hand and place the fist against the victims victim's abdomen slightly above the navel and below the rib cage Then press your fist into the victims victim's abdomen with a quick upward thrust If youre you're successful on the first try the object may fly out of the victims victim's mouth and easy breathing should resume If U it doesn't try again and again The Utah Heart Association reports that about 30 persons in Utah have been saved from choking by someone using the Heimlich Maneuver in the past two years Several of the cases occurred when child victims were eating at home Its It's important to know the signs that tell you when someone is choking Since the windpipe is closed the victim cannot speak He lie or she may turn blue from lack Jack of oxygen The victim may collapse Just as important as recognizing that someone else is choking The need to tell others if you yourself are choking How do you do it if you cannot speak The originator of the technique suggests that anyone who is choking approach others and point frantically to the throat If theres there's nobody around the victim should try to use the maneuver on himself or herself May lay you never have to use this technique-but technique if you do may you use it successfully I A good guarantee that you and your children will be able to properly use this method if ever found necessary would be to practice it at home A friend a school mate or a member of the family may sometime be a recipient of your skill |