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.