How Do I Prevent Choking on Vomit?

Accidental suffocation is most common in children. Try to avoid children under 5 years old from eating peanuts, seeds, beans and other nuclear foods; jelly should be eaten with a spoon, don't inhale into the mouth; bone soup, bone porridge should be filtered after the bones for children. In addition, young children should be supervised by an adult when eating. Do not let the child talk, make trouble, cry or laugh when eating, in order to prevent food from getting into the trachea; after eating, make sure the food in the child's mouth has been swallowed before the adult can leave.

Accidental suffocation

Accidental suffocation is the leading cause of accidental injuries in Chinese children. Every year, more than 2,500 children aged 0-4 die from accidental suffocation, and more children are disabled for life. Children aged 0-5 have a very thin trachea. Even small particles that are accidentally swallowed or inhaled are likely to block the airway and cause suffocation. ^[1]

According to 2010 monitoring data, among the composition ratio of accidental injuries among children under the age of 7 in Guangzhou, falls and animal injuries are in the top two positions. The rate of suffocation does not seem to be conspicuous, accounting for only 0.13%. eighth. Taking the latest 2012 data as an example, 152 children under the age of 7 died from accidental injuries in Guangzhou. Boys accounted for 63.82%. The lower the age group, the higher the incidence of injury deaths. Accidental suffocation was the leading cause of death for children under 5 years old, especially in the age group of 0-2 years. For ten years, "accidental suffocation" has been the top two causes of death for children under the age of five.

When baby is awake

1. Place the baby on the forearm, face down, support your baby's chin with your fingers, and keep your head down.
2. Slap the back of the baby between the shoulder blades 3 to 5 times, a small amount of milk and milk can flow out on its own.
3. Immediately after tapping the back, parents check the baby's mouth, and use their hands to remove the milk or foreign matter left in the mouth.
The above-mentioned first aid method can relieve the suffocation of more than 90% of the babies, and the symptoms of hypoxia are quickly relieved.

When your baby is not awake or stops breathing

1. Place the thumb of one hand on the lower gum, and the other four fingers on the lower jaw to raise the chin to see if there is any foreign body in the back of the baby's throat. If a large foreign body is found, use the little finger of the other hand to run along the baby's cheek One side of the body reaches into the base of the tongue and removes the foreign body.
2. Artificial respiration. Tilt the baby's head back 30 degrees, cover the baby's mouth and nose with an open mouth, and gently inhale after inhaling evenly. Then raise your nose to open the nose so that the gas will be discharged as the thorax retracts. Repeat this way, the frequency is 12-20 times / minute. Note that the force should be moderate, not too strong, so as to prevent excessive chest pressure from affecting the success rate of treatment.
3. If the air cannot be blown into the baby's lungs, lay the baby on his back, press the middle and ring fingers together and press down the lower part of the sternum 4 to 5 times to deform the thorax and compress the lungs, and the gas will rush out to expel foreign matter. If it doesn't work, you can slap your back.
Tips: Don't give up the rescue until the baby coughs up the foreign body, doesn't breathe, cry, or cough, until the rescuers arrive or have reached the hospital.