Beijing Emergency Center reminds: the elderly do not be distracted by taking medicine, it is dangerous to mistakenly enter the trachea!

The Beijing Emergency Center reminds: The elderly should not be distracted by taking medicine

Reporter Chu Chao

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Many elderly people with chronic diseases need to take medicine every day, coupled with age, swallowing reflex and cough reflex degeneration, if you chat and move around when taking medicine, it is likely to make the drug mistakenly enter the trachea, causing danger.

Recently, the 120 dispatching command center of The Beijing Emergency Center received a report:

An old man suddenly coughed violently and choked while taking medicine, and his condition was critical. After confirming that the elderly breathing is more smooth, emergency doctor Shi Xinping instructed the family to use the Heimlich first aid method to give the elderly first aid on the phone:

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"You (the family) stand behind the old man, let the old man bend down on the upper body, wrap your arms around the old man's waist, hold a fist in one hand against the lower edge of the ribs and the navel, wrap the fist with the other hand, and quickly squeeze inward and upward, doing it a few more times."

After several first aides, the old man spits out the pills and can speak normally, and the symptoms of discomfort gradually ease.

The Beijing Emergency Center reminds friends with elderly people at home: people are old, swallowing reflex and cough reflex have a certain degradation, so food or drugs are more likely to stray into the trachea, when eating or taking medicine, we must pay attention not to eat while chatting while moving, and the speed should be as slow as possible. Some sticky, indigestible foods, the elderly are best not to eat. Elderly people wearing dentures should always pay attention to whether the dentures are loose.

In addition, family members should be proficient in Heimlich first aid, that is, abdominal shock method, which can quickly remove airway obstruction and save lives. In case of crisis, you must immediately call the 120 emergency number, and the emergency center will dispatch an ambulance at the first time and conduct telephone guidance for self-help.

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Edit || Chu Chao Wan Tao

The duty director || Fan Hongbo