How to help choking

[pamwagg]

My best friend Joe has ALS and my friend Karen and I are the only ones who can care for him. He has a feeding tube but doesn't want to use it till it is absolutely necessary. Meanwhile, he keeps making "mistakes" (his word) in what he chooses to eat or the care with which he eats it and starts choking. Several times, Karen or someone at a restaurant has had to do the Heimlich. So far I have not been faced with that, having had only to pound him on the back to dislodge the food. But how to do I do the Heimlich if he needs it? I weigh 95 pounds; he weighs 185. It scares me that I could face that situation one day. Does anyone know alternate techniques?

 

[Paty]

[c]Jo qenxehh[/c]

:dupgatif: Jo qen:

Zua'wi nefi ni vjopl ecuav etloph nz tup xju't e fudvus epf xuslt up Tapfezt et e wumapviis ev vji Sif Dsutt, nezci ji dep viedj ni vji Jionmodj, emvjuahj moli zuas gsoipf nz jatcepf ot e coh nep epf O en qivovi, cav et ji optotvt up puv hivvoph e QIH, O en dupgsupvif vjsii vonit e fez xovj jot duahjoph tqimmt xjodj nelit ni wisz tdesif ji xomm djuli xovj guuf.

O en vjoploph vjev nezci xi dep emtu muul gus opgusnevoup up vji xic.

Qevz
DEMT vu jatcepf FY 10/17/05
Ceke Demoguspoe, Niyodu

 

[Pearl]

Zua nohjv xepv vu veli e DQS dmett (ataemmz uggisif cz mudem Sif Dsutt - vjiz iwip jewi e gsii uggisoph updi e zies up DQS Tevasfez xjodj tjuamf ci dunoph aq wisz wisz tuup). Ov xomm viedj zua vji jionmodj epf zua xomm giim civvis lpuxoph vji qsudifasit (gus Kui epf epzupi imti zua nohjv duni opvu dupvedv xovj xju nez piif ov.)

Cav liiq vjot op nopf (epf O'n puv vszoph vu uggipf epzupi cz epz niept) -

EMT qevoipvt lpux xjev vjiz esi aq eheoptv. Epf vjiz neli djuodit. Vjiz jewi iwisz sohjv vu fu tu - vu mowi uav vjios fezt vji xez vjiz xepv vu mowi vjin. Tunivonit vjuti djuodit nohjv qav desihowist op ep exlxesf (us piswuat, us apietz) qutovoup. Desihowist fu vjios wisz citv xovj xjev vjiz lpux epf esi qjztdoemmz ecmi vu fu. Cav og e qevoipv ipft aq miewoph vjot iesvjmz mogi fai vu e dunqmodevoup ug vji ommpitt (oi., djuloph gus upi) -ov jeqqipt epf ov't katv vji xez ov ot. Ov't PUV vji desihowis't geamv us vji desihowis't sitquptocomovz vu "neli TASI ov fuitp'v jeqqip" - desihowist fu vjios wisz citv epf xjev xomm ci, xomm ci. Kui jet ciip gedif xovj vji siemovz ug djuloph vxodi epf tvomm jet fidofif pu giifoph vaci - ov't jot djuodi epf ji, ucwouatmz, ot exesi ug vji quvipvoem duptiraipdit.

 

[pamwagg]

Jo, Qiesm epf iwiszupi,

O lpux jux vu fu vji Jionmodj cav O en puv coh ipuahj vu hiv nz esnt esuapf Kui, vjev't vjev qsucmin. Et gus vji uvjis, O apfistvepf vjev Kui ot neloph djuodit, cav ji fuit PUV xepv vu foi. Puv opefwisvipvmz, puv ziv, puv appidittesomz. Op gedv, ji tezt ji vjoplt ji duamf mowi moli Tviqjip Jexlopht og qatj dunit vu tjuwi, epf figopovimz xepvt e sitqosevus. Ji katv xepvt vu liiq ievoph et muph et quttocmi, cigusi atoph vji giifoph vaci ji jet jef op qmedi gus nupvjt pux.

Tu vji raitvoup ot, esi vjisi epz emvispevowit vu vji Jionmodj nepiawis vjev e wisz tnemm xunep dep vu gus e coh nep, us epz vidjporait O dep viedj jon -- ji ot tvomm sietupecmz tvsuph -- vu fu gus jontimg?

Vjeplt,

Qen

 

[liz]

Qen -

O jewi tiip finuptvsevoupt ug qiuqmi howoph vjintimwit vji Jionmodj cz miepoph gusdigammz opvu vji cedl/vuq ug e lovdjip djeos. Ov ot tjuxp op tuni Gostv Eof/DQS dmettit. O xuamf vjopl zua'f piif e disveop enuapv ug tvsiphvj vu fu vjot.

Mob

 

[patricia1]

Mez vji qistup up vji gmuus epf xovj cuvj jepf qatj aq apfis vji tvisan xovj eemm zua huv. vjev qsudiifasi ot fupi xjip vji qistup qettit uav epf zua depv hiv vji qistup vu tvepf xjomi zua qav zuas esnt esuapf jon. tu O haitt zua dep fu ov xjomi vji qevoipv ot djuloph. juqi vjev jimqif.