First Aid for a Choking Infant (< 1 year old)
How to perform first aid for a responsive versus an unresponsive choking infant.
What is Choking?
Choking occurs when the airway becomes either partially or completely blocked by a foreign object (e.g., a piece of food, a small toy, or bodily fluids).
Caring for a Responsive Choking Infant
Give back blows
Give chest thrusts
Caring for an Unresponsive Choking Infant
Please click CPR for an Infant if the infant becomes unresponsive.