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my son was choking on a sweet yesterday morning and after about 10 back slaps and then 4 or 5 abdominal thrusts, it finally game out.
It was very upsetting for us all, and I'm so glad my paediatric (sp?) first aid training kicked in and worked.
It never occured to me though, until just now, that maybe he should have seen a dr to check his tummy was ok.
I don't know why - I was in a bit of a daze all day.
I remembered to tuck in my thumb and he seems fine, and has eaten and drank since then.
Do you think it's too late now anyway?
It was very upsetting for us all, and I'm so glad my paediatric (sp?) first aid training kicked in and worked.
It never occured to me though, until just now, that maybe he should have seen a dr to check his tummy was ok.
I don't know why - I was in a bit of a daze all day.
I remembered to tuck in my thumb and he seems fine, and has eaten and drank since then.
Do you think it's too late now anyway?
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If you're really worried it's no harm giving the NHS direct a phone and asking their advice. As already said he might just be a bit sore, hiss muscles in his throat and baack etc would have been working to try and dislodge he sweet itself so may explain why they are painful? Well done though many would have panicked and not
Known what to do xx
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If it was definitely his neck that was hurting, it's probably unrelated (but it might be best to phone anyway - just to get some reassurance). However if the pain was closer to his left shoulder you need to act swiftly:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/...rupturedspleen1.shtml
http://www.bbc.co.uk/...rupturedspleen1.shtml
crisgal...I quite understand, these "links " do more harm than good and very rarely are helpful and quite often evoke panic. I think that posters give them in good faith, but after saying that I feel that the majority are either impossible to digest or are totally inappropriate.
Well done on the First aid.
Well done on the First aid.
Sorry for scaring you, Crisgal, but I always to prefer to 'err on the side of caution'.
When I was in charge of first aid in a secondary school, I often had 'sick' (rather than 'injured') pupils referred to me. Over a dozen years I had quite a few with pains in their sides, which might have indicated appendicitis. I ensured that they were all checked out by a doctor (usually at the local A&E unit). Unsurprisingly, there were many 'false alarms' but, just once, it really was appendicitis.
Similarly, if a student complained of feeling faint or queasy, I always asked if they'd recently banged their head or neck. That resulted in quite a few kids being checked for possible concussion. Again, there were loads of false alarms but one boy, who had fallen of his bike a day earlier, really had fractured his skull.
Also, when someone said that they felt queasy, particularly if they'd got a headache, I looked for signs of meningitis (such as aversion to light or the distinctive rash). I still feel terrible about the fact that I was away on a course when a 14-year-old pupil was simply sent home by the deputy headmistress, after she had said that she felt really ill. She died of meningitis the following day.
So, even though I risk being called a 'scaremonger', I hope that you'll understand why I will always consider the worst possibilities.
Chris
When I was in charge of first aid in a secondary school, I often had 'sick' (rather than 'injured') pupils referred to me. Over a dozen years I had quite a few with pains in their sides, which might have indicated appendicitis. I ensured that they were all checked out by a doctor (usually at the local A&E unit). Unsurprisingly, there were many 'false alarms' but, just once, it really was appendicitis.
Similarly, if a student complained of feeling faint or queasy, I always asked if they'd recently banged their head or neck. That resulted in quite a few kids being checked for possible concussion. Again, there were loads of false alarms but one boy, who had fallen of his bike a day earlier, really had fractured his skull.
Also, when someone said that they felt queasy, particularly if they'd got a headache, I looked for signs of meningitis (such as aversion to light or the distinctive rash). I still feel terrible about the fact that I was away on a course when a 14-year-old pupil was simply sent home by the deputy headmistress, after she had said that she felt really ill. She died of meningitis the following day.
So, even though I risk being called a 'scaremonger', I hope that you'll understand why I will always consider the worst possibilities.
Chris
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