Bad Experience

kinetic747

kinetic747

kinetic747

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Sitting watching TV in the back lounge last night and heard an awful sound coming out of the kitchen. Walked in there to find my 23 year old daughter choking on something with a look of absolute terror on her face. I'm not first aid trained but knew the basics of the Heimlich maneuver and after several attempts she spat the object out. This sounds funny now but she'd got a large ice cube stuck down her air way. She couldn't breathe at all and I can tell you I was absolutely panic stricken. All she has to show for it is a sore throat but I'm wondering what would have happened if I hadn't been there? Would she have passed out before the ice cube melted? I guess we'll never know but she won't be chewing on ice cubes anymore.:eek:
 
CREATIVE!11 said:
Probably would have melted before it could cause death.

Pass out maybe? but still.... not exactly a nice situation.
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Not knowing what was stuck in there I assumed the worst and I reckon she was without air for at least 40 seconds. Doesn't sound long but almost a minute of sheer terror. Everyone assumes it can't have been that scary, especially with it being a harmless ice cube but I can assure you, the panic was very real.
 
itchy said:
Anyone choking you need to move fast and very fast. Its one of them things where you have about 2 minutes max. Any longer then they will collapse and hypoxia will set in, they will be dead or brain damaged in 6 minutes.

Good for you OP. ;)
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Thanks and thanks also for dragging the thread out of the gutter. ;)
 
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