Trauma and Pregnancy Therapeutic Management: Choking: Chest Thrusts for the Pregnant Woman: To relieve tracheal aspiration: For conscious Victim in Standing Position: Plan and Principle: 3:

Plan: Grab the fist with the other hand and perform backward thrust until the foreign body is expelled. Principle: Pressure on the chest compresses the ribs, increasing chest and lung pressure. This increased pressure forces an object lodged in the airway to move upward.