A 2-year-old boy has a date core stuck in his esophagus. He must learn this life-saving method

A few days ago, a 2-year-old boy in Guangxi accidentally swallowed the date core while eating dates and it got stuck in his esophagus. The location of the jujube stone is very special. In the end, the doctor had to kneel on the ground to remove the jujube stone. I am grateful for the greatness of this doctor and grateful for the luck of this child. In life, choking and suffocation are the two major causes of fatal injuries to infants and young children. Among them, choking (foreign bodies in the airway) is more common in our lives. Not only children but even adults have accidents due to choking! But not every child will be lucky enough to wait until the doctor takes out the foreign body like this baby. A tragedy happened around me when a one-year-old baby accidentally choked on an apple and died of suffocation. Last year, a tragedy occurred in Shanghai when a fourth-grade primary school student got stuck in a fishball while eating lunch and fell to the ground and died. There are also children who choked to death after being fed peanuts when visiting relatives… Autumn and winter are the best seasons for eating nuts and dried fruits. The Chinese New Year is coming soon. During the leisurely holidays, every household will prepare various nuts and dried fruits. Dried fruits, candies, etc. If you have small babies at home, you must be vigilant when giving these potentially dangerous fruits to them. Once, a 2-year-old child imitated adults and ate melon seeds while the whole family was eating nuts. As a result, the melon seed shell entered the trachea and suffocated to death. There are also children who have accidents while eating pine nuts. There are too many similar tragedies. Everyone must be mindful of the safety of children\’s eating. Children\’s trachea itself is much thinner than that of adults, and their chewing ability is also insufficient. Many foods that adults can eat may easily cause accidents when eaten by children. Preventive measures to prevent choking must be taken. For the safety of the baby, parents must take preventive measures: 1. Do not give food that cannot be chewed to children who are too young. The foods that are most likely to choke include the following: nuts, Jelly, gummy candies, chewing gum, hard candies, twists, overly sticky foods such as glutinous rice balls, rice cakes, etc., spiny fish, large pieces of meat, and vegetables with large leaves and thick stems are also easy to choke. Do not give jelly, hard candies, gummy candies, hard twists, etc. to babies under 3 years old. If possible, older babies should also try not to eat them, because these foods are not good for health. Babies need to supplement nuts appropriately. When feeding them to babies, they can be powdered or rolled into small particles with a rolling pin that will not cause accidental danger. Meat, vegetables, etc. should be cooked according to the baby\’s age. When the baby\’s teeth are not fully developed, these foods must be cut into pieces for the baby to eat. After the baby\’s teeth have fully grown, appropriate exercises should be given according to the baby\’s ability. Foods that are difficult to chew, such as braised pork and steak, must be cut into small pieces before being given to the baby. Let your baby chew slowly when eating. Do not mix food with bones and thorns with porridge and noodles for children. When the baby\’s teeth are not fully grown, try to cut hard fruits such as apples and pears into shreds, and chop large leafy vegetables into small pieces for the baby to eat. Sticky foods, such as glutinous rice balls and rice cakes, should not be given to babies under 2 years old. Babies over 2 years old must be cut into small pieces. Otherwise, these foods can easily cause accidents. My neighbor once ate the rice cake too quickly and the rice cake got stuck in the trachea.Didn\’t recover. 2. When your child is eating food or has something in his mouth, do not make him laugh or talk, and do not let your child run around with food in his mouth. Don\’t put food in your child\’s mouth when they cry. Our throat can be divided into two cavities downwards, the trachea in front and the esophagus in the back. There is an important tissue between the two called the epiglottis cartilage. When we eat, the epiglottis cartilage locks the nasopharyngeal passage and prevents food from entering the trachea. When breathing and speaking, the epiglottis cartilage opens to allow air to enter the airway smoothly. If you talk or laugh while eating, the epiglottis cartilage will not close tightly, and food will enter the airway by mistake, causing foreign bodies in the airway, which is dangerous. 3. Tell your children not to play with small objects in their mouth, especially small beads, coins, etc. Button batteries at home should be kept out of reach of children. A baby has died from poisoning after accidentally swallowing a button battery. Toys for babies under 3 years old should not have small parts that can easily fall off. There is also a dangerous toy, which is usually very small beads. After being soaked in water, it becomes as big as a marble. Children must not play with such toys. Some children do not understand and will put them in their mouths. These beads can enter the stomach. Afterwards, it will expand and become larger when it comes into contact with gastric juice, causing danger. 4. For babies who have just learned to crawl and walk, do not place small objects within their range of activities to avoid catching them and putting them in their mouths. 5. When there is a foreign object in the baby\’s mouth, be sure to find a way to induce the baby to spit it out. Do not rush to dig it out of the mouth to avoid accidents. 6. As the Spring Festival approaches, everyone will inevitably take their children to visit relatives and friends. Usually at home, the relationship is simple. Basically, dangerous items will be placed out of the reach of children. Bringing them yourself will also prevent children from eating potentially harmful items. Dangerous nuts, candies, jellies and other foods. But taking your children to visit relatives and friends is different. Although most relatives will maintain boundaries, respect the mother\’s parenting methods, and will not tease the children casually. However, it is inevitable to encounter some bear relatives in life. They only care about their own feelings and do not care at all about the safety of other people\’s children. When they \”kindly\” bring out nuts, candies, etc. as treats, they will enthusiastically advise you to let your baby eat them. If you say that your baby can\’t eat them, they will laugh at you for raising your child too carefully. At this time, some parents will because You may not be able to save face by allowing your relatives to feed your children dangerous foods. Some relatives may even feed dangerous nuts into your children\’s mouths when you are not paying attention. For the safety of the baby, mothers must adhere to the principles that they should adhere to. You can only be responsible for your own children, others will not be responsible for you. These critical situations must be understood. In addition to taking precautions, mothers must also understand what situations need to be vigilant. Generally speaking, parents must pay attention if the baby suddenly develops the following conditions: 1. Suddenly begins to wheeze or wheeze. Wheezing is characterized by a high pitch, a musical sound like wire trembling, a long duration, and is obvious during exhalation but not obvious during inhalation. 2. The baby suddenly cannot speak, cry or even make sounds. There was once a baby who accidentally ate peanuts. 3. The baby\’s face began to turn blue. This was a sign of foreign bodies in the trachea and large intestines.Symptoms of cerebral hypoxia. 4. The baby points or grasps his throat, or waves his arms, with a very panic expression. For older babies, you need to teach him how to call for help. Foreign kindergartens will teach children to make a \”choking sign\” when tracheal obstruction occurs, because patients with foreign bodies in the airway are often unable to speak. This action can help children call for help. It means: \”I am stuck by a foreign object, please come and save me!\” Everyone should teach their children this method, and also teach all relatives and friends around them this gesture, so that in case of emergency In the event of an accident, everyone can be warned in advance to protect their own safety. What to do when a child develops a foreign body in the trachea: When a child develops a foreign body in the trachea, what parents can do: 1. When a child develops a foreign body in the trachea, seek first aid at the nearest hospital. If your child develops severe choking and coughing after eating anything, you should take your child to the hospital for medical treatment immediately and do not take any chances. There was once a 2-year-old baby who choked on peanuts and his face turned red. He touched his throat with his hands and his breathing was very rapid. His grandma was taking care of him at the time. When the grandma found out, she was afraid of being scolded by the child\’s mother, so she didn\’t dare to say anything. , instead took the child home. As a result, the child\’s condition became increasingly critical, and by the time the grandma confessed and was sent to the hospital, it was already too late. In case of any unexpected situation, you must seek medical treatment in time. 2. When a foreign body in the trachea occurs, be sure to stay calm, don\’t panic, and try to keep the child as quiet as possible. 3. On the way to the hospital, make the child lie on his side as much as possible, with the right side facing down. Because foreign bodies are generally easy to remain in the child\’s right bronchial opening, positioning the right side downward can avoid further harm to the child. This first aid method must be learned. If the foreign object that is choked into the trachea is relatively large and completely blocks the trachea, the child may suffocate quickly. At this time, the Heimlich maneuver must be used immediately to save himself. The Heimlich maneuver is a first-aid method invented by American physician Henry J. Heimlich in 1974 that uses residual gas in the lungs to form airflow to flush out foreign bodies. It is currently the standard method for rescuing patients with airway foreign bodies worldwide. Last year when a friend of mine was diving, one of their accompanying friends suffered an accident. His lungs were crushed and blood stasis blocked the trachea. At that time, there was no way to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation, so they used the Heimlich maneuver to perform emergency rescue and remove the stasis. The blood was squeezed out of the trachea and the person was saved. So as mothers, we must learn this life-saving method. The specific operating principle of the Heimlich maneuver is to use the impact on the soft tissue under the abdomen and diaphragm to cause upward pressure due to sudden impact, compressing the lower parts of the lungs, thereby driving the remaining air in the lungs to form an airflow. This impactful and directional airflow that drives straight into the trachea can expel foreign matter such as food lumps blocking the trachea and throat, thus saving the person. The following video is a detailed guide to the Heimlich maneuver. When using it specifically, you should find corresponding methods according to different situations: For babies under 3 years old, when a foreign body in the trachea occurs, you need to: 1. Pick up the baby and pinch it with the thumb and index finger of one hand.Support the baby on both sides of the baby\’s cheekbones, support the back of his neck with the other hand, let him lie on the rescuer\’s knee, and tap the area between the baby\’s shoulder blades with the heel of the other hand, continuously Perform 5 powerful back slaps. 2. If the foreign body is not discharged in this way, turn the child over in time so that the child is face up. Use your forearm to hold the baby\’s head and neck, and use the middle finger or index finger of the other hand to quickly press the nipple. At the lower edge of the midpoint of the sternum, perform 5 violent chest impacts in a row. If a baby over 3 years old is in danger, the operation method is: 1. The baby is standing or sitting. The rescuer sits or kneels behind the baby, wraps his hands around the baby\’s waist, and at the same time asks him to bend his head in front of the baby. pour. 2. The rescuer makes a fist with one hand and uses the protrusion of the metacarpal joint of the thumb to press the midline of the baby\’s abdomen 2 cm above the navel. Use the other hand to grasp the fisted hand and quickly pull upward and inward to impact the child\’s abdomen. Through such repeated and rapid pulling and compressing impacts, foreign matter is helped to be discharged from the airway. This method can also be used if an adult has a foreign body in the trachea. Precautions for operating the Heimlich maneuver. When using the Heimlich maneuver, please pay attention to: 1. If the child has a foreign body in the airway (choked), breathing is normal, cough hard, do not intervene for the time being, coughing hard is to expel the airway. The most beneficial method for foreign bodies is to see if the child can cough them out by themselves before taking any first aid measures. 2. Never pat the back directly, and do not directly pick up foreign objects with your hands, as this will only make the foreign objects fall deeper. 3. Once the child is found to have lost consciousness during the process, call 120 emergency number and place the child in a supine position. First, open the airway, then start artificial respiration for 2 times, and then perform 30 chest compressions, 2 artificial respirations + 30 chest compressions. , in sequence until the child resumes breathing and heartbeat or 120 emergency personnel arrive. 4. For older children or adults, any obtuse-angled object (your own fist, chair back, etc.) can be used to quickly squeeze and impact the abdomen as a self-rescue tool. I hope everyone will be careful when taking care of your baby to avoid accidents!