Week 3 Assignment 2- Section 3: CPR and Chocking Emergencies
Marilyn Dorrough
EDUC-1005-1, Child, Health, Safety and Nutrition
Walden University
March 22, 2012
Dr. Erin Eissler
Week 3 Assignment 2
When a child is choking there is nothing more serious and scary yet the job of the educator and or childcare provider is to assist the choking child immediately. Time is of the essence so you must work fast and diligently to remove and clear the air-way of the choking child, choking of food and or foreign matter is equally dangerous when dealing with children.
Nice spring day in Michigan tired of being locked inside the daycare center all winter so teachers decided to take the two year olds outside on a nature walk; wagons and buggies are both available and are very helpful when taking the toddlers outside but not always the safest means; upon walking we put the four two year old children in the buggy strap them into the seats and proceed on our walk holding the hands of the two three year olds stopping every other step picking up leaves and branches to take back to the childcare center for our science project.
As we begin our journey back we notice that one of the two three year old children starts to chock and is turning blue the child was not making any sounds just turning blue and looking afraid. The first thing we did was started performing the Heimlich maneuver nothing happened the object seems to be lodged in his throat against all our efforts the child stopped breathing we started CPR and rescue breathing one of the other teachers called 911 with the location of the path we were on called our Director and telling her of the incident the Director called the parents we laid the child on the ground and started CPR opening his air-way looking unable to see anything we start given breaths and alternating chest compressions. Finally after about five minutes the EMS responded and was able to remove the object lodged in the child’s throat. Yes the result of a piece of the branch that we allow the child to pick up along the way was what almost changed the course of our lives forever.
Week 3 Assignment 2
Thankfully our childcare center had just gone through CPR and First Aid a week before the incident and with the classes being mandatory for all workers in the childcare center everyone attends.
It is mandatory to know the basic steps of CPR” to see if an infant is responsive, tap and flick the soles of feet, if alone shout for help and begin CPR. If infant cannot cough or breathe and is chocking give five rapid blows to back, give five chest thrusts as in chest compressions repeat this procedure for the five cycles of CPR until the obstruction is removed or the infant is no longer responsive. Lay infant down on flat surface hold the forehead to keep airway open with two fingers compress the chest 30 times with a 1/3 to ½ depth at the rate of 100 compressions per minute blow two breaths and continue for 2 minutes. At this time call 911, if alone. After 30 compressions, breath into infant’s mouth and nose for 1 second two times, enough for the chest to rise. Continue CPR as needed”.
All of the above gave us the resources and prepared us for being able to help the chocking child and keep him alive until the Rescue Squad arrived. It was a very scary five minutes that seem like an hour but the moral of the story is; we were trained in the areas in which we needed to be for saving the lives of a child.
It is extremely necessary to have available an extra pair of eyes when taking children outside of the childcare center even though we were on ratio the fact that we were walking two children and pushing four in the buggy we let our attention sway for a second or two during our nature walk and allowing our walkers to pick up a few leaves and branches to take back to the center for our science area we somehow got careless and a child was hurt do to our carelessness
Week 3 Assignment 2
According to Hernandez (2011) “Denver Boy nearly dies after swallowing a small rubber ball quick response from Paramedics saved his life. 3-Year-Old meet firefighters and Paramedics that saved his life”. All childcare workers and parents should take a class in CPR and First Aid; the life you save maybe that of your own or that of someone you love.
Week 3 Assignment 2
References
Hernandez, L (2011) Denver News: Denver Boy Nearly Dies After Swallowing Rubber Ball
Retrieved March 22, 2012 from the Google Website
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