They look and act dead. But are they? All you know is that they were choking and now they’ve slumped to the floor. What do you do? This is the question posed and answered in this “next in the series” from https://www.youtube.com/@shawnritcheyLIVE Would you know what to do in that moment? This will be a brief…
The 2025 guidelines for treating a conscious choking adult or child are the first significant changes for this emergency in decades. Knowing the guideline and skills could help save a life. My post – Choking 4 – will clearly demonstrate those skills for you. I encourage you to view that video in the series before…
In this video (4th in this series on choking emergencies) https://www.youtube.com/@shawnritcheyLIVE demonstrates 2025 guidelines of caring for a conscious adult or child who is choking. The 2025 guidelines are referencing ILCOR (International Liaison Committee of Resuscitation). ILCOR put out its first guideline in 2000 and has continued every 5 years since. This Committee includes 8 international…
Coughing is the body’s response when the airway is irritated. Most of the time, the cough will clear the irritant and the person either swallows or spits out the substance. But what if things get worse not better? This video is the 3rd in a series on choking, how to relieve choking, or how to…
It’s scary not being able to breathe! Would you know what to do if a family, friend, or stranger is choking? This is the first of several posts to address how beat to care foe someone who is choking. Learn how two fingers and a piece of paper can better equip you if someone is…
Some associate ABC (medically) with Airway, Breathing, Circulation. For just this short, consider the ABCs to be: A Burundian Choking Lesson. Young adults sponsored through Sister Connection are learning vital first aid skills to apply to family, friends, and neighbors. https://sisterconnection.org/ Choking hazards can often be resolved with first aid before it becomes life-threatening. Learn how…
https://youtube.com/shorts/s2fI8G96Y0o?si=sbhzoU9gn6zCTfnv Young adult orphans are learning first aid, including major wound care. There is value to human life. These amazing young adults are affirming value to Burundian life. Please sponsor a widow or help support our First aid efforts at: http://sisterconnection.org I just returned from Burundi, Africa. While there I had the privilege of…
First Aid Seems Common. But What if it’s Not Common? Sister Connection in Burundi, Africa is Helping
First aid often seems common for most of us. But what if it’s not common? What if it is rarely taught, and mostly unavailable where we live? That is the reality for the people living in Burundi, Africa. Sister Connection has been uplifting widows and orphans for 2 decades, and has recently begun to offer…
Burundi has suffered through several civil wars over numerous decades. This has ravaged the land and left behind countless widows and orphans. Sister Connection was founded by Burundians, with assistance from Americans, back in 2006 to bring dignity, hope, and restored lives to a growing number of widows and orphans in the land called, “The…
Burundi has been called the Heart of Africa. Yet it is often overlooked by the world at large and even Africa as a continent. “Above all else guard your heart for it is the wellspring of life.” Proverbs 4:23 Burundi is an amazing and critical place in Africa filled with wonderful people who need our…