Seattle Fire Department: Thanksgiving Safety – A Few Words About Cooking, Frying Turkeys, And Choking

Seattle WA

22 November, 2021

4:09 PM

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Press release from the Seattle Fire Department : William Mace November 22, 2021 The Seattle Fire Department reminds residents to be safe while cooking and gathering this holiday season. Thanksgiving is the leading day for home cooking-related fires in the U.S. Unattended cooking is by far the leading contributing factor in cooking fires and fire deaths. Other holiday-related home fires involve heating and electrical sources. How to be safe in the kitchen A word about turkey frying If you are considering frying a turkey, be very careful. Large quantities of hot cooking oil can pose a significant fire and serious burn risk. Watch this video from the National Fire Protection Association about turkey fryers. Thanksgiving safety tips from the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) How to respond to someone choking If someone appears to have food lodged in their throat and is coughing, encourage them to continue coughing. Do not try to help by slapping their back.  If they are coughing, that means that air is getting through. However, if the person shows signs of choking such as not being able to breathe, cough, or speak, is making high pitched sounds when breathing or they are doing the universal sign of holding the throat with one or both hands, choking rescue abdominal thrusts will be necessary. If displaying any of the above signs, ask person if they can speak. If they can speak, allow them to continue coughing, unassisted. If they are unable to speak or breathe, proceed with abdominal thrusts to help them.      Watch this video to learn how to give abdominal thrusts.        This press release was produced by the Seattle Fire Department. The views expressed here are the author's own.