The text you shared outlines the standard "five-and-five" approach recommended by major medical organizations like the Mayo Clinic for responding to someone who is choking on a foreign object.
When someone is actively choking and unable to breathe, cough, or speak, immediate action is crucial. Here is how this first-aid procedure works in practice:
Step-by-Step Breakdown
Assess the Situation: Ensure the person is truly choking. If they can cough forcefully, speak, or breathe, encourage them to keep coughing. If they cannot breathe, make high-pitched noises, clutch their throat, or turn bluish, proceed immediately.
Give 5 Back Blows:
Stand to the side and slightly behind the choking person.
Support their chest with one hand and lean them forward.
Give 5 sharp, distinct blows between the person's shoulder blades using the heel of your other hand.
Give 5 Abdominal Thrusts (Heimlich Maneuver):
Stand behind the person and wrap your arms around their waist.
Make a fist with one hand and place it just above the person's navel, well below the breastbone.
Grasp your fist with your other hand.
Pull hard and fast inward and upward into the abdomen to force air from the lungs, creating artificial cough pressure.
Repeat: Alternate between 5 back blows and 5 abdominal thrusts until the object is forced out, or until emergency medical help arrives and takes over.
Important Emergency Note: If the person becomes unconscious, lower them gently to the floor, call emergency services (such as 911), and begin CPR immediately, checking the mouth for the object before rescue breaths.
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