Demonstrate abdominal thrusts
What will be an ideal response?
Steps involved in abdominal thrust:
? Conscious patient
1. Stand behind the patient.
2. Wrap your arms around the patient.
3. Make a fist.
4. Place the thumb of the fist against the patient’s abdomen halfway between the navel and the rib cage.
5. Cover the fist with your other hand.
6. Push the fist quickly four times into the abdomen with an inward and upward motion.
? Unconscious patient
1. Place the patient in a supine position.
2. Straddle the patient, facing toward the patient’s head; or kneel next to patient.
3. Place the heel of one hand on the patient’s abdomen.
4. Place the other hand on top of the first hand and interlock the fingers.
5. Push the heel of the hand rapidly inward and upward four times into the abdomen.
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