Heimlich

[backhoeboogie]

This old grampa can still move. And I can do the Heimlich. Tristan (almost 2 years old) got a peppermint down his throat. Ladies were screaming and he was face down on the floor almost immediately. I picked him up horizontal and gave him the thrust with his own body weight. It worked. Then I got scared. This happened at Pro-Cuts.

You parents and grandparents out there might want to google Heimlich some time. You never know.

 

[slick4591]

Good on ya! Bet that was scary.

 

[MO_cows]

Thank goodness you knew what to do!

 

[dieselbeef]

lucky to have you..in more way than that sir! :clap:

 

[Gale Seddon]

OMG, how frightening. And how fortunate for all that you were there!

 

[hillsdown]

At a boy Boogie !!! Scary

 

[Isomade]

That's great advice Boogie, if you don't know the heimlich it's a good time to learn. It can save a life!

 

[Ouachita]

My dad used to just grab me by the feet, upside down, and whack me on the back. Hey, maybe thats what white trash gal was trying to do in that post that chrisy made "MOTHERHOOD"

 

[chippie]

that was quick thinking.

I was a preschool teacher for many years. The school would not allow hard candies as treats because of the choking hazard. If a mom sent grapes with lunch, we would have to slice them lengthwise because they are a choking hazard too.

I'm glad that your story had a happy ending.

 

[chrisy]

My dad used to just grab me by the feet, upside down, and whack me on the back. Hey, maybe thats what white trash gal was trying to do in that post that chrisy made "MOTHERHOOD"

nah, just plain white trash I wouldn't think she would even know what to do, that poor child would just choke.
BB thank god you knew what to do...I have been taught in First Aid classes, how to stop a child from choking when I was teaching, it is a good thing to know.

this site might help...be careful though as done wrong can brake ribs and cause more damage and on small children it is not recommended.
http://www.ehow.com/how_14949_heimlich-maneuver.html

 

[john250]

...and it was peanut butter, and jelly, that did it
the help, she didn't know what to do
she just stood there, and she watched him turn blue.
Lyle Lovett

Way to go, BHB.

 

[backhoeboogie]

Great link Chrisy. You never know if you'll have to do something like this.

As best I can remember (it all happened so fast) is that I grabbed him up, put my right fist just above his stomach between his floating ribs, my left hand under the right fist, pulled him up somewhere below my arm pit, dropped him, then caught him about my waist. Essentially it was his falling body weight that forced the candy out (and it shot out). He was doubled over afterwards and coughing. I picked him up to look into his face for the first time then and he looked pretty worried/scared.

Everything I had ever read in cafeterias and such describe and pictorially represent what to do with adults. I don't know if I have ever read anything about children. I may or may not have done things as they should have been done but my actions did work. I never really took the time to think about things. I just acted.

Now I feel blessed that everything is okay. These type of experiences are great for placing your values in order. You also find yourself asking "What if?" Things like, "What if he took a piece of candy back to the playroom without you even knowing he had the candy." "Are all the electrical outlets still plugged after running the vacuum?" etc.

 

[Gale Seddon]

You said it all, BHB! Being a parent (or grandparent) is a very difficult job, you have to be aware of everything that could go wrong. I bet your daughter (son?) is thanking her lucky stars for you!

 

[lavacarancher]

Good work, Boggie. Probably scared you as much as the kid. Glad everything turned out OK.

I was coming home the other day from fishing with my Grandson and I noticed he was looking a little worried about something. When I came to a stoplight I turned around to see what was going on. He had put a TyWrap around his wrist and tightened it down. By this time his hand was starting to turn blue and swell slightly. I managed to get it cut off in time to save his hand, thank God. Grandkids - wonderful to have around but hard to keep up with.

 

[I luv herfrds]

BHB who cares how you did it IT WORKED! Good job!

there are 2 different types of people in this world.
Those who run from danger and Those who run into danger.
Guess we know which one you are.

 

[chrisy]

Good work, Boggie. Probably scared you as much as the kid. Glad everything turned out OK.

I was coming home the other day from fishing with my Grandson and I noticed he was looking a little worried about something. When I came to a stoplight I turned around to see what was going on. He had put a TyWrap around his wrist and tightened it down. By this time his hand was starting to turn blue and swell slightly. I managed to get it cut off in time to save his hand, thank God. Grandkids - wonderful to have around but hard to keep up with.

are TyWrap the plastic strips you put around electrical wires and such like.(Known here as Cable Ties)...I remember my Son when he was about 4years old zipping three together and wrapping them around his wrists and saying to me 'Mummy look I have handcuffs, just like Daddy's' he had pulled them tight using his teeth, as like you I managed to get them off before his hands did. but the worst one was when he put one around his neck, a boy through and through doing stupid things all the time. It's a wonder I'm not totally grey, or gar-gar.

 

[JSCATTLE]

My 3 year old choked on a cheese stick from sonic last year . Talk about scared . I was driving down the road when I heard him . I slammed on the brake and jumped out in the middle Of the road . After I got him out and got him breathing I noticed a high way patrol standing next to me . He said he was behind me and almost ran into me when I stopped. That cheese had strung out about 12 inches long and it was in his throat. That's the second time one of my kids choked on cheese sticks . Wont happen again

 

[3waycross]

When my oldest was around 7 months old we were at my Grandmothers for Christmas. He was sitting in the high chair and raising holy he[[ so every time anyone walked by him he got a soda cracker. After a few of those I happenend to look at him just in time to see him turn blue. I jerked him out of the chair and laid his chest in my hand and slapped him on the back a couple of times. He regurgitated a core of cracker 4 in long and an inch in diameter.

Scared the bejesus out of everyone.

 

[TexasBred]

When my oldest was around 7 months old we were at my Grandmothers for Christmas. He was sitting in the high chair and raising holy he[[ so every time anyone walked by him he got a soda cracker. After a few of those I happenend to look at him just in time to see him turn blue. I jerked him out of the chair and laid his chest in my hand and slapped him on the back a couple of times. He regurgitated a core of cracker 4 in long and an inch in diameter.

Scared the bejesus out of everyone.

Guess that was when you learned to give him a "sippy cup" full of beer to wash it down with. ;-)