Choking in Infants

Choking in Infants

• —If you can see an object in his mouth, remove it
• —Do not perform a blind finger sweep
• —Sit with the infant in your lap
• —Hold the infant facedown, head lower than chest
• —Rest the infant on your forearm, support his head
• —Deliver 5 back slaps between his shoulder blades
• —Turn him over with his back resting on your forearm
• —Deliver 5 downward chest thrusts over the lower half of the breastbone
• —Repeat until the object is expelled or victim loses consciousness

Choking in Infants

If the infant becomes unresponsive:

• —Call for help; use cellphone of one is available
• —Begin CPR starting with compressions
• —Before giving rescue breaths, look for an object in the infant’s mouth. If you can remove it, do so.
• —If you are alone and without a cellphone, perform CPR for 2 minutes before leaving the infant to get help

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