bc8d5ac3_dren___Meriter_Health_Services__0
[Symptoms] Difficulty breathing, gasping breaths, coughing, unable to talk or cry, blue lips (cyanosis). [Treatment] If child can cough, speak or breathe, do not interfere. If child cannot cough, speak or breath, follow the instructions below: Choking rescue for a child over 1 year old who can't breath, speak or is turning blue: Step 1: Have someone call 911 Step 2: If child is standing or sitting, stand behind child and place thumb side of your fist in child's abdomen midway between lower breastbone and navel. Step 3: Grasp your fist with the other hand; press fist into child's abdomen with quick inward/upward thrusts. Continue until child becomes unconscious or object comes out. For child under 1 year old: Step 1: Have someone call 911 Step 2: Place baby facedown over your arm with head below his/her chest. Support head and neck by holding jaw. Step 3: Give five back blows between shoulder blades with heel of free hand. Step 4: If object is not expelled, turn baby over. With baby's face up and head below trunk, use index and middle fingers to give five quick chest thrusts against breastbone (just below middle of nipples.) Repeat steps 2-4 until object is expelled or child becomes unconscious. IF CHILD BECOMES UNCONSCIOUS: Begin CPR if you are trained or if an emergency dispatcher is guiding you. If you are not trained in CPR, call 911 immediately. [0] 
Choking
First Aid for Children : Meriter Health Services
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