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To clear the airway of a choking infant younger than age 1: ... You risk pushing the blockage deeper into the airway. ... Repeat until the blockage is removed from ...
For infants, use chest compressions because abdominal thrusts may cause injury. Alternate between 5 back blows and 5 abdominal thrusts until the blockage is ...
... infants and children than in adults. This can worsen airway obstruction when the neck is hyperextended. Airway size. Children have smaller airways in general ...
If the blockage ... blockage. Be careful not to push the food or ... Begin infant CPR if one of these techniques opens the airway but the infant doesn't resume ...
Repeat until the blockage is removed from the airway. How to perform abdominal thrusts, also called the Heimlich maneuver, on yourself ...
Infants and young children with obstructive sleep apnea don't always snore. ... When breathing stops, this triggers the brain to wake up so that the airway can ...
If you know that the baby has an airway blockage, perform first aid for choking. If you don't know why the baby isn't breathing, perform CPR. First, study ...
Congenital high airway obstruction syndrome ... airway while the baby is still connected to the mother. ... In: Fanaroff and Martin's Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine: ...
airway, and the child's condition worsens (the ... • Alternate between 5 back blows and 5 abdominal thrusts until the blockage is ... Instead, if an infant is ...
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