Boy Greg It certainly hasn’t been your best period of time the last little bit! Do you use the quad cough assist at all? We use it every day that I need to have my nose blown (and seeing how it’s allergy season that’s quite a bit) and I have used it for choking. I’ve attached a link for a U-tube that I found. I don’t do the second and third steps. We also use a fist right in the V of the ribs pushing upwards rather than the open hand. One of my favorite things to do with the new attendants is to have them learn to do a quad cough, and then when they take a CPR first aid ask the instructor how they would take care of a quad in a power wheelchair that was choking. I know, not nice, but it’s fun. 😊
Take care of yourself, you’re the only one you have. Joan in Reno where we have finally broken the 57 day over 90°weather streak. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfR3KF8mYhw From: Greg <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 24, 2018 8:35 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [QUAD-L] choking After all things that happened health wise after my chair tipped. Last week I was eating cornbread, went to take a bite and inhaled a big piece. It was stuck in my throat, I could not breath at all. Luckily others were here. They could not get their arms around me and the back of my chair. But enough pounding on me got it out. Scary stuff. My old hospital room mate and friend passed away just like that. A bad few months I've had. Greg
