CHOKING!A child may be choking and need help right away if he or she:
- is unable to breathe
- is gasping or wheezing
- is unable to talk, cry, or make noise
- turns blue
- grabs at his or her throat or waves arms
- appears panicked
In those cases, immediately start abdominal thrusts the standard rescue procedure for choking, if you've been trained to do it properly.
If you are not trained to do adominal thrusts, immediately call for the AMBULANCE.
Do not reach into the mouth and grap the object or pat the childs back, this would result in pushing the object further down the air way and make the situation worsen.
HOW TO PREVENT CHOKING YOUR KIDS?
- Make your kids seat still when they are eating
- Do not feed children younger than 4 years old food that are easy to choke on like nuts or hard candy.
- Cut food into smaller pieces before feeding
- Learn how to do adominal thrusts
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