E-mail this pageCHOKING VICTIMS
Responding to a Conscious Choking Victim:
- In a medical emergency, Dial 911.
- If a choking victim can't speak or breathe, follow these steps:
- Obtain consent.
- Lean person forward.
- From behind, wrap your arms around victim's waist.
- Make a fist and place thumb side of your fist against victim's upper abdomen, below ribcage and above navel.
- Grasp fist with other hand and press into their upper abdomen with a quick upward thrust five (5) times.
Do not squeeze ribcage; confine the force of thrust to your hands. - Repeat five (5) back blows and five (5) abdominal thrusts until object is expelled.
Responding to Unconscious Choking Victim:
- In a medical emergency, Dial 911.
- Place victim on back. Give 30 chest compressions.
- Look for object in mouth.
- Remove if seen. Try two (2) rescue breaths.
- If breaths do not go in, continue 30 chest compressions, look for object, try two (2) rescue breathes until air goes in.
Contact Information
For more information, please contact:
Michael Caraballo
Emergency Management Coordinator
Phone: (518) 564-7975
Fax: (518) 564-7986
E-mail: michael.caraballo@plattsburgh.edu