modified chest thrust (English, noun)
expansion: modified chest thrust (plural modified chest thrusts)
Senses:
topics: emergency-medicine
medicine
sciences
glosses: A first aid procedure used to treat choking in a pregnant or obese patient in which the patient's chest is pressured by the performer's thumb knuckle with their hand balled into a fist to expel air, thereby dislodging the obstruction in the windpipe. This is repeated as many times as necessary.
Forms:
form: modified chest thrusts
tags: plural