Friday, May 14, 2010

Dying For Choking Threatening Childhood

Children under the age of 3 years most pleased to enter something into my mouth because that's where they get the satisfaction. Negative effects, children die due to choking risk. Neck choking occurs when there are foreign bodies that enter and inhibit the respiratory tract so that the child choked. Any object that size could enter the mouth of a child is very likely engulfed, and then lodged in respiratory flow and cause choking.

Data Centers for Disease Control (CDC) as reported by ilansir from HealthDay, Tuesday (20/05/2010), citing 60 percent of cases caused by choking on food. 31 percent by other non-food items, and 9 percent again the cause is not listed.

When choking, children generally signaled by putting his hands around her neck. Other signs that may be accompanied, among others:

1. Not able to speak
2. Difficulty breathing or her breathing sound
3. Unable to cough
4. Lips, skin and blackened
5. Loss of consciousness or fainting

A child who choked should immediately get help, because consequences could be very fatal. During the airway is blocked, obstructed the supply of oxygen to the brain and can cause death. International Red Cross recommends the approach the five-and-five on first aid in case of choking.

1. Give five pats on the back using the palm of the hand, right between the shoulder blades
2. Give five pressures in the abdominal area using Heimlich maneuvers.
3. Perform alternating two steps above, again and again until the objects that cause choking out.

Not only children who do not know where the dangerous and is not, even adults sometimes have to die because of choking incident.

Choking can happen when someone is drinking or eating quickly or in haste and in significant amounts, when accidentally inhaled food while laughing or crying and acute alcohol poisoning, especially during swallowing and chewing ability has been weak.

When someone choke point so that no obstructed breathing oxygen into the lungs. The brain will be very sensitive if the intake of oxygen is reduced and the long run will begin to die in the time between 4 hours to 6 hours. This is where the importance of first aid.