How to handle when children choke porridge or flour

According to the family member, Nguyen Ba Minh K, who lives in Quang Loc commune, Can Loc district, Ha Tinh: At noon, her grandmother is feeding her bone stewed porridge, unfortunately choking, leading to choking and difficult cough. breathing hiss, purple lips . family rushed melon chau to Thach Ha District General Hospital for emergency treatment.

Here the doctors conducted tests showing strange objects in the airway of K baby. Doctor of Ear - Nose - Throat Department conducted endoscopic anesthesia, then obtained a triangle shaped bone about 1.5x1 , 2x0,2cm in the larynx. After taking the object out, patient K. was able to breathe more evenly, no more coughing. K. is expected to be discharged from the hospital in the next few days.

Dr. Tran Xuan Son - Deputy Head of the Department of Ear - Nose - Throat, Ha Tinh General Hospital shared: When young children suffer from airway hormones, airway can threaten the lives of patients immediately. Especially the laryngeal object because it can cause patients to obstruct breathing immediately and do not have the opportunity to keep up to the emergency hospital.

K baby is rescued again

However, in the combination of patient K, it is very fortunate that due to the large size of the object, the larynx has a degree of openness, so the patient can breathe, although it is difficult. If the object is a little smaller, it will cause the larynx to tighten, then the patient will immediately obstruct breathing and will die right at home, not to mention emergency.

How to handle when children choke porridge or flour

When the baby is severely choked, there are signs of respiratory distress, cyanosis, choking crying . parents need to clear the airways by removing food and foreign objects in the mouth, sucking out the nose, and phlegm then quickly making a procedure to expel foreign bodies in the airway by the following way:

When heterosexual parents need to handle it promptly

Put your baby on his stomach on his arm, his head lower than his chest, his palm supporting his chin and use his other hand to slap his back on the young area between his shoulder blades about 4-5 times to continue , it is best to pat quickly when the child breathes out to coordinate pushing the object out.

When the object is turned off, the child will turn pink again, cry loudly and then, the emergency person should check and remove the object that has been thrown out. At the same time take your child to the nearest hospital.

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