You are eating in a restaurant when a woman cries out. Her six-month-old infant is turning blue around the mouth. He appears to be gagging but is not able to cry or take a breath. An older child had just given him some marbles to play with. What is the next step?

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Kylee Hahn

19 April, 22:52

You are eating in a restaurant when a woman cries out. Her six-month-old infant is turning blue around the mouth. He appears to be gagging but is not able to cry or take a breath. An older child had just given him some marbles to play with. What is the next step?

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Carolyn Caldwell · Answer 1

Deliver back blows and chest thrust

Explanation:

This is a condition related to the conscious choking infant:

Give five back blow: You should give back blow to the infant.

Give chest thrust: Put your finger just below the nipple of an infant and suppress the breast bone about one and a half inches. Continue care: Continue after five back blow and five chest thrusts, the object thrust out, infant cough forcefully will cry and breathe. Some times infant becomes unconscious.