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What are the names of the two reflexes which protect the airway of a conscious person?
The two reflexes that protect the airway of a conscious person are the cough reflex and the gag reflex. The cough reflex helps to clear the airway by expelling foreign objects or irritants, while the gag reflex helps prevent choking by triggering a gagging response when the back of the throat is stimulated.
What is the prognosis for choking?
people are treated successfully for choking with no permanent effects. However, if treatment is unsuccessful, the person dies from lack of oxygen. In cases where the airway is restored after the critical period passes, there may be permanent brain damage
Symtoms of choking?
Red face (after a while gets blue), bulging eyes, hands around neck, swelling of blood vessels on neck. There are two types of choking: foreign object fully blocking the airway or a partial block of the airway. When there is a full block of the airway, the person will not be able to produce any sound. If the blocking is only partial, wheezing sound will be heard. Causes for choking other than foreign objects: allergic reactions, asthma
Does slapping a person on the back when they are choking help?
Slapping a person in the back when they are choking can help, but it can also cause injury. The Heimlich maneuver is always best when a person is choking.
What can you do to prevent a vomiting person from choking?
What you do is you lie the person on their side which is meant to stop them choking. I think that's what you do!
What kind or type of injury or emergency is the Heimlich Maneuver used for?
It is used when a person is choking on food or a swallowed object, which is blocking the airway to the lungs. The Heimlich compression is an effort to dislodge and regurgitate the food or other object from the throat.
What do you do if someone is consciously choking?
If you encounter a conscious, choking individual that is coughing, encourage continued coughing. If the victim is unable to cough, speak, or breathe, complete the following:Send someone to call 9-1-1Lean person forward and give 5 back blows with heel of your hand.Give 5 quick abdominal thrusts by placing the thumbside of your fist against the middle of the victim's abdomen, just above the navel. Grab your fist with the other hand.Repeat until the object the person is choking on is forced out and person breathes or coughs on his or her own.
Why is choking an emergency?
Choking is a medical emergency. When a person is choking, air cannot reach the lungs. If the airways cannot be cleared, death follows rapidly.
The Heimlich hug is used to help a person who is what?
Choking
What prevents a person from choking?
An unobstructed airway.
How is choking diagnosed?
Diagnosing choking due to mechanical obstruction is straightforward, since the symptoms are obvious even to an untrained person.
To be a person a human being must be conscious and able to feel pain Therefore a human being that is not conscious and unable to feel pain is not a person?
A person does not have to be either conscious or able to feel pain to be considered a human being.
