Um, a modified Heimlich maneuver? Minus two points! The Red Cross doesn’t teach the Heimlich maneuver per se, and you definitely wouldn’t do anything close to that to a baby. Remember, five back blows, five abdominal thrusts. When abdominal thrusts didn’t work, she instinctive started hitting his back as an alternative, which worked to dislodge the object. What? You’re not supposed to help someone choking only with a bear hug from behind and shove your fists in their stomach? A fellow trainee confirmed the utility of the back blow as she described her husband choking on peanuts. Only trained professionals (ie people at the emergency room) should remove the object. Maybe it’s the “splinter effect” or the “bee sting effect,” but I’ve always thought if something is stuck in my body that’s not suppose to be there, I need to get it out! Not the case – the item can act like a plug to stop additional bleeding. Don’t pull an embedded object out of someone.Here are the top things I didn’t know before I went (other than, you know, how to correctly do everything in general): But I took away extraordinarily valuable information. I was lying on the floor, rolling people over, and getting a lot closer to a manikin than I ever thought I would. To say training is hands-on is an understatement. There were also some aspiring babysitters and in-home daycare providers, medical assistants and Boy Scout leaders. I was joined by many teachers, who were now required to take this training for their Virginia teaching license. (P.S., if you don’t know about the work the Red Cross does with the military, check it out!) My training was in a standalone house built during World War II, now converted to a Red Cross training center and chapter building. I headed to Fort Belvoir this month to the on-site Red Cross chapter. As a new Red Cross employee, getting trained in the basics of CPR, AEDs and first aid were at the top of my list.
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