When someone puts in your throat, try to remove what is stuck. You should keep trying to get rid of what is stuck even if the person loses consciousness due to lack of oxygen. If the person becomes unconscious, alarm 112 and start doing cardiac rescue.
In this text you will find out different ways to help someone who has got something in their throats. The text is partly about children under one year and partly about children over a year and adults.
If a person has something in their throat, it is not always easy to perceive it. The symptoms vary greatly depending on the severity of the respiratory barrier. These are some signs that they have got an object in their throat:
Sudden cough.
Suddenly exhaled breathing.
Wheezing.
The person screams or speaks weakly and horse.
Older children and adults can get throaty because it hurts.
If there is a total stop in the airways, the person struggles to get air, their lips turn blue and they can neither cough nor scream. On such occasions, the person loses consciousness within minutes.
