Module 3 Fbao
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Basic Life Support, Rescue breathing, Cardiac compression, Managing airway obstructions.
Transcript of Module 3 Fbao
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KNOWLEDGE OBJECTIVES:KNOWLEDGE OBJECTIVES:
1. Identify the causes, types, and1. Identify the causes, types, and classification of obstruction.classification of obstruction.
2. Describe Heimlich maneuver. 2. Describe Heimlich maneuver.
SKILL OBJECTIVE:SKILL OBJECTIVE:
• Demonstrate how to provide Heimlich Demonstrate how to provide Heimlich maneuver to an adult, child & infant maneuver to an adult, child & infant who have obstructed airway. who have obstructed airway.
CAUSES OF OBSTRUCTION
Improper chewing of large pieces of food.
Excessive intake of alcohol.
The presence of loose upper and lower dentures.
For children – running while eating.
For smaller children of “hand-to-mouth” stage left unattended.
It happens when the tongue drops back and It happens when the tongue drops back and obstructs the throat. Other causes are acute obstructs the throat. Other causes are acute asthma, croup, diphtheria, swelling, and cough asthma, croup, diphtheria, swelling, and cough (whooping).(whooping).
1. ANATOMICAL OBSTRUCTION1. ANATOMICAL OBSTRUCTION
1. ANATOMICAL OBSTRUCTION1. ANATOMICAL OBSTRUCTION
2. MECHANICAL OBSTRUCTION2. MECHANICAL OBSTRUCTION
When foreign objects lodge in the When foreign objects lodge in the pharynx or airways; fluids accumulate pharynx or airways; fluids accumulate in the back of the throat.in the back of the throat.
1. MILD1. MILD
The victim is responsive and can The victim is responsive and can cough forcefully, although frequently cough forcefully, although frequently there there is wheezing between coughs, is wheezing between coughs, increased respiratory difficulty, and increased respiratory difficulty, and possibly cyanosis.possibly cyanosis.
2. SEVERE2. SEVERE
The victim is unable to speak, The victim is unable to speak, breathe, or cough and may clutch breathe, or cough and may clutch the neck withthe neck withthe thumb and fingers. Movement the thumb and fingers. Movement of air is absent.of air is absent.
Heimlich maneuver or abdominal Heimlich maneuver or abdominal thrusts is recommended for relieving thrusts is recommended for relieving foreign body foreign body airway obstruction.airway obstruction.
Presented by: Dave Jay S. Manriquez RN.
