Talk:Choking
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[edit] What to do?!
[edit] back slaps
ok at st john ambulance brigade in canada, back slaps are discouraged (for reasons in article) except for infants
tjwood from the UK has different information
anyone else experience in first aid have comments?
Yes, tonight I was choking on a very small piece of candy (outside coating of a Vitaball - vitamin gumball - and couldn't breathe hardly at all. I was gasping for air, and my husband thumped me hard on the back, which helped. Or at least, it was better after that and I am fine now. - Suzanne
[edit] Chest Punch
Punch him/her in the chest and hope for the best, this actually works grannies advise--McNoddy 13:03, 15 May 2007 (UTC)
- I'd been trained that you never slap on the back as it can shake the food lower in the throat, making things worse as you go from a partially-obstructed airway to a completely blocked one. And C. Everett Coop backs me up! Though this is from 1985, and a more recent article disagrees. It's pretty long. And written by Peter Heimlich. Anyone have anything solid? The page seems like it needs a re-write with attentiont to the controversy. WLU 14:08, 28 August 2007 (UTC)
[edit] WPMED assessment comment
These comments illustrate some common perceptions (or misperceptions) that people have about choking. I think that a clear, NPOV discussion of these perceptions not only belongs in the article, but would make the article considerably more interesting. --Una Smith (talk) 18:31, 24 November 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Only humans can choke
My linguistics professor has told me that, because of the nature of the human vocal tract, humans are the only animals that can choke on food because no other animal has a common tube that seperates into the isophagus and trachia.
- Not true. Dogs pant, demonstrating a common tube. In fact my dog, Jake, recently choked (and nearly died) on a large, wet, unraveling piece of rawhide. zowie 06:30, 9 August 2006 (UTC)
Dogs can also choke on small objects such as tennis balls if they get trapped in their mouths. my dog died of eating socks.
Please discuss this in the article. Also discuss choking in horses. Horses choke in two senses: this one, unrelated to choking in humans; and related to choking in humans. However, this second sense usually involves a pathological condition. Horses normally have separate throat and airway, with the larynx allowing communication between them: see Larynx#Descended_larynx. A veterinarian usually will insert a stomach tube through the horse's nose. --Una Smith (talk) 18:28, 24 November 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Illustration
The illustration of a CGI man is not helpful to this page; the multicolored background and variety of shadows on the choking man are too distracting to really show the concept of choking. 71.196.224.59 17:27, 17 January 2007 (UTC)
I DISAGREE! I THINK THE PICTURE IS FINE! THE RENDERING IS QUALITY AND WHOEVER MADE IT HAS GOOD TEETH. i did not make it. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 86.144.59.214 (talk) 21:32, 29 October 2007 (UTC)
I agree. Why the rainbow background? This picture is ridiculous. 98.26.52.199 (talk) 02:14, 11 February 2008 (UTC)
[edit] WPMED assessment
I assessed the article as start class (see the infobox at the top of this talk page). A lot of comments and questions on this talk page appear not to have been incorporated in the article. --Una Smith (talk) 22:16, 23 November 2007 (UTC)
