What to do when a child chokes (video)

A few weeks ago we showed you how to act when a baby under one year of age chokes, a situation that nobody expects to live but that can surprise us without knowing how to react. Today we are going to see what to do when a child chokes after one year of age, because the relief maneuver is something different for babies and children.

The Heimlich maneuver for children older than one year is to place themselves behind him and with the thumb of the non-dominant hand extended to look for the navel to press at that point by closing the fist and with both hands, one on top of the other.

The pressure must be strong and fast, inward and upward, pushing until the foreign body that drowns the child comes out.

If the child loses consciousness, the cardiopulmonary resuscitation maneuvers must be initiated. In the video we see a demonstration of Heimlich maneuver for children from 1'30 minutes.

The first thing we have to do is recognize that he is drowning, by the universal gesture of putting his hands around his neck. If the child already knows how to speak, we ask him if he chokes, or at least in theory, because I believe that anyone who sees himself in that situation will try to act immediately. Then we act as we have described.

Worth looking at how should we do the first aid maneuver if a child older than one year chokes, because in those critical moments we can find ourselves alone and we must know how to act as soon as possible.

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