The minor in the arms of the Civil Guard agents who saved his life /
The minor was unable to expel the liquid and the maneuvers of two Civil Guard agents managed to save his life
Scare. This is what a mother who spends her holidays in Fuerteventura and who had two guardian angels took with her. Two civil guards from Morrojable, a town in Majorera, have saved the life of a ten-month-old baby who choked when her mother was giving him medicine. The events occurred on the afternoon of this Saturday, while the little boy was with his family enjoying the summer holidays, according to Europa Press.
The civil guards, in the exercise of their functions in the town of Costa Calma, were alerted by the security guard of a hotel in the town, indicating that a baby was suffocating. The agents rushed to the scene and found a woman in the hotel hall very nervous with a baby in her arms, while she blurted out that her baby was not breathing.
Given the events that occurred, the civil guards began a brief exploration of the baby and observed that he had a bluish tint, as well as body rigidity, swelling in the stomach and a severe effort to try to breathe without being able to do so.
maneuvers
For all these reasons, the civil guards began the Heimlich maneuver, accompanied by a twist of the baby and a small pressure on the area of the scapula, making the minor expel abundant viscous liquid through the nose and mouth, thus recovering a good skin tone and the stiffness in the stomach area disappeared.
After all the maneuvers carried out by the agents to save the baby’s life, he returned to calm and began to breathe relatively normally once the minutes of absolute nervousness had passed. This performance was vital to stabilize the baby and save his life.
After it, a doctor who was on vacation staying at the hotel appeared at the scene and gave a series of guidelines until the ambulance from the Canary Islands Emergency Service finally arrived. The medical services approved the way to proceed by the agents, who also received congratulations from the mother for the work provided.
Choking of a minor
It is a partial or total obstruction of the airway. They are usually caused by toys or pieces of food, balloons…
To do?
– If the child coughs and talks. We incorporate him and keep an eye on him. It’s good that you cough to expel it. You have to watch that this cough stays strong, a sign that he is helping to clear the way. If it is not like that or it starts to turn purple, we move on to the second situation
– If the obstruction is complete. We call 112 for help and look in the mouth to see if we see the object. If so, we try to get it out, but if we don’t see it, we don’t stick our fingers in blindly. We proceed to make maneuvers to unclog:
– In children under 1 year. We turn them upside down and give them 5 blows between the scapulae. We turn them over and 5 blows to the chest.
– In older than one year. We give them 5 chest blows and perform the Heinlich maneuver: stand behind the child and wrap your arms around his waist. He closes one hand and places the knuckle of his thumb between your navel and the pit of your stomach. Take your fist with the other hand. Apply strong inward and upward pressure to displace the diaphragm.
When to go to the hospital?
When you expel the object, we consult with the doctor. If you don’t expel him, he’s unconscious and has no vital signs, we perform CPR until help arrives.
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Eddie is an Australian news reporter with over 9 years in the industry and has published on Forbes and tech crunch.