Pregnancy choking

●Critical

Call 112

⚠️ Check: Is the area safe for you to approach?

Fetal injury from wrong technique
Complete obstruction

Quick summary

Chest thrusts not belly. Pull inward hard. Call 112 if not cleared.

Do This Now

Step 1: Ask Can you cough? Can you speak?
Step 2: If cannot breathe — chest thrusts standing or kneeling behind
Step 3: Hands on center of chest not abdomen — pull inward sharp
Step 4: Call 112 if not cleared after 5 thrusts
Step 5: Start CPR if becomes unresponsive

Do Not

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DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Do NOT use standard Heimlich fist above navel in late pregnancy.

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DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Do NOT delay because worried about baby — mother airway first.

How to Call for Help

DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — 112 choking pregnant chest thrusts in progress.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Prepare CPR if collapse.

When Professional Care Is Needed

Unconscious choking pregnant woman needs CPR and advanced airway.

DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Laryngoscopy in hospital if persistent.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Fetal monitoring after significant hypoxia episode.

Know your limits: DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Chest thrust algorithm for obvious pregnancy. Abdominal thrusts if first trimester unclear thin build per training variance — this fixture uses chest for third trimester.

Call 112

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Call 112

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