LET'S TALK ABOUT CHOKING
The powerful photo below gives a stark warning to parents and caregivers over the dangers of choking.
For this little child, #echoke for real because she died after swallowing a peanut that got lodged in her airway!
A thread 🧵
RT to create awareness
The powerful photo below gives a stark warning to parents and caregivers over the dangers of choking.
For this little child, #echoke for real because she died after swallowing a peanut that got lodged in her airway!
A thread 🧵
RT to create awareness
Choking and suffocation happen when something blocks a person’s airway and prevents breathing.
This is a leading cause of death among children, especially those younger than 4 years.
This is a leading cause of death among children, especially those younger than 4 years.
Some kids, like the 7-year-old in the story below have choked on doritos chips and died in their mothers' arms while playing a prank!
nydailynews.com/new-york/queen…
nydailynews.com/new-york/queen…
Seeing a little child choke can strike fear & panic into any mom or dad as you quickly attempt to help dislodge the thing blocking their airways.
Choking & suffocation after foreign body aspiration are important causes of unintentional injury & death in young children.
Choking & suffocation after foreign body aspiration are important causes of unintentional injury & death in young children.
Choking is the interruption of breathing by internal blockage of the airway e.g. food or small toys.
Suffocation is obstruction of airway by external object blocking the nose & mouth e.g. a plastic bag.
Both can cause asphyxiation, a death that occurs due to the lack of oxygen.
Suffocation is obstruction of airway by external object blocking the nose & mouth e.g. a plastic bag.
Both can cause asphyxiation, a death that occurs due to the lack of oxygen.
Choking and suffocation commonly cause mechanical airway blockade between 1 and 4 years.
In fact, peanuts & other nuts is the 4th leading cause of unintentional death in children!
Research says a child dies from choking on food every five days in the USA,
In fact, peanuts & other nuts is the 4th leading cause of unintentional death in children!
Research says a child dies from choking on food every five days in the USA,
& more than 12,000 children are taken to a hospital emergency room each year for food-choking injuries (scarce data on Nigeria yet)!
Peanuts & other nuts are the size of the airway of a child younger than 4 or 5 years.
Peanuts & other nuts are the size of the airway of a child younger than 4 or 5 years.
The risk of death from suffocation is real, but avoidable.
Please don't offer your small children:
- whole dry fruits
- popcorn
- nuts or
- any foods the size of small candies.
...especially when you're not there.
Death can't be reversed. It's best prevented.
@firstdoctorr
Please don't offer your small children:
- whole dry fruits
- popcorn
- nuts or
- any foods the size of small candies.
...especially when you're not there.
Death can't be reversed. It's best prevented.
@firstdoctorr
In my previous thread here, we discussed what first aid to offer a person found choking.
Look it up for more:
Look it up for more:
https://twitter.com/firstdoctorr/status/1293475717741674496?s=19
Hit my follow button and join our Telegram channel (t.me/firstdoctorr) to learn more.
Please read up my previous tweet (attached above ) to learn some simple manoeuvres known as Heimlich Manoeuvres which can help you rescue a choking person.
You may never know when you'll be in a situation where you're the thin line between a person living & dying of choking.
You may never know when you'll be in a situation where you're the thin line between a person living & dying of choking.
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