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In this video, you will learn how to relieve choking in a responsive infant.
A choking infant cannot cough or cry, and may quickly start turning blue.
You need to expel the foreign object.
Kneel or sit with the infant in your lap.
Hold the infant face down.
Support the infant's head and jaw with your hand.
Rest your forearm on your lap or your thigh to support the infant.
Deliver 5 back blows forcefully
between the infant's shoulderblades
using the heel of your hand.
Deliver each blow with sufficient
force to attempt to dislodge the foreign body.
After delivering 5 back blows,
place your free hand on the infant's back,
supporting the back of the infant's head with the palm of your hand.
With the palm of the other hand,
support the infant's head and turn the infant as a unit.
Hold the infant face up.
Keep the infant's head lower than the rest of the body.
Provide five quick downward chest thrusts
in the middle of the chest over the lower half of the breastbone.
Deliver chest thrusts at a rate of about one per second,
each with the intention of creating enough force to dislodge the foreign body.
Repeat the sequence of 5 back blows
and 5 chest thrusts until
the object is removed or the infant becomes unresponsive.