FIRST AID MANUAL

17. CHEST THRUSTS IN OBESE VICTIMS

CHEST THRUSTS IN PREGNANT OR VERY FAT VICTIMS
1) Stand behind the victim
2) Put your arms round the chest under the armpits
3) Keep your fist over the center of the chest in between the upper and
lower ends of the breastbone
4) Fist is kept with the thumb over the chest
5) Put your other hand over the fist
6) Give several rapid thrusts directed towards the heart
7) Thrusts should be separated by a several seconds pause
8) Keep on giving the manual thrusts until the foreign body is ejected
or the victim becomes unresponsive
9) Then follow the HM in an unconscious victim