First aid knowledge that must be mastered - Heimlich first aid method

1. What is the Heimlich maneuver?

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It was invented by Professor Heimlich in 1974. It is a rapid first aid method for suffocation caused by foreign bodies in the respiratory tract.

Professor Henry Heimlich is a senior surgeon. In his clinical practice, he was shocked by the large number of cases of death caused by choking on food and foreign objects. In emergency first aid, doctors often use the method of patting the patient's back or inserting fingers into the mouth and throat to remove foreign objects. The result is not only ineffective, but also allows foreign objects to penetrate deep into the respiratory tract. This discovery made him fall into deep thinking. In his continuous thinking, the "Heimlich" first aid technique was born.

In the following 12 years, this first aid method has saved more than 10,000 lives in the United States. Professor Heimlich was therefore hailed as "the person who has saved the most lives in the world" by the World Celebrity Directory.

2. Principles of Heimlich Maneuver

By impacting the abdomen - the soft tissue under the diaphragm, the sudden impact creates upward pressure, compressing the lower part of the two lungs, thereby driving the remaining air in the lungs to form an airflow.

3. Heimlich first aid technique for adults

If the patient is found lying on the ground without consciousness, or it is inconvenient for the operator to rescue the patient by standing, put the patient in supine position.

4. Adult "Heimlich" self-rescue

5. Heimlich First Aid Technique for Infants and Young Children

If a child (1 to 8 years old) has a tracheal foreign body blocking his or her trachea, the Heimlich maneuver is the same as that for adults.

If an infant under 1 year old has a foreign body in the respiratory tract, do not perform the Heimlich maneuver to avoid damaging the organs in the abdominal cavity. Instead, perform back patting and chest compression.

Do not lift the baby upside down by the feet and slap him from the back