Medical Emergency/Serious Injury/Choking

Medical emergency / serious injury procedure:

• Notify the Xavier Police Department.

• Administer first aid if safe to do so.

• Do NOT attempt to move someone who is injured and appears to be in pain unless failure to do so could result in further injury or death.

 

Choking Guidelines

1. Check for responsiveness: Ask, "Are you choking? "Ask, "Can you speak, breathe or cough?"

2. If the victim CAN speak, breath or cough, DO NOTHING! Stay with the victim to offer reassurance.

3. If the victim cannot speak, breath or cough say, "I'm going to help you." Have someone call 911.

4. Stand behind the victim and place your arms around the abdomen and make a fist with one hand.

5. Place the thumb side of the fist slightly above the navel and well below the breast bone.

6. Grasp the fist with the other hand and provide quick upward thrusts into the abdomen.

7. Repeat thrusts until the object is expelled or victim becomes unresponsive.

8. If the victim becomes unresponsive, begin CPR and continue until help arrives.