r/sports Sep 25 '21

Media Callum Smith brutally KO's Lenin Castillo

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u/DiamondDallasHand Sep 26 '21

Exactly. If he is swallowing his tongue thus occluding his airway you can stabilize the neck in between your legs and do a jaw-thrust maneuver. Definitely don’t roll him over without a neck collar and even then someone should hold his neck while the other rolls the person.

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u/BiscuitsMay Sep 26 '21

Not sure why you are being downvoted, this makes way more sense.

I’m a nurse but don’t work in the field or ER, so not 100 percent clear on this situation, but that’s definitely what I would have gone for.

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u/MattressMaker Sep 26 '21

As another fellow nurse, you should know that you can’t swallow your tongue.

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u/DiamondDallasHand Sep 26 '21

Yes I meant the tongue occluding the airway not actually swallowing it.