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Method and system for giving remote emergency medical counsel to choking patients

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  • US 6,010,451 A
  • Filed: 03/28/1997
  • Issued: 01/04/2000
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/29/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for giving remote emergency medical counsel to choking victims, comprising the steps of:

  • (A) providing instructions to an emergency medical dispatcher, including instructions to inquire for specific information, including inquiring if the victim can breathe;

    inquiring if the victim can talk; and

    inquiring if the victim is alert, to receive response information, and to use said response information to determine a degree of criticality, wherein said determined degree of criticality is used by said emergency medical dispatcher to appropriately dispatch an emergency medical response, and dispatching said emergency medical response to the victim;

    (B) inquiring if the victim can breathe now;

    (C) inquiring if an object is obstructing the breathing of the victim, and if an object is obstructing the breathing of the victim providing an instruction on clearing the object and testing again if the victim can breathe now;

    (D) instructing that if said discovered object is cleared and still the victim cannot breathe, to maintain the victim'"'"'s airway; and

    (E) giving remote emergency medical counsel by providing instructions for performing the Heimlich maneuver.

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