Adult, Child and Baby First Aid/ CPR/ AED: Caring for a Choking Infant

To give chest thrusts:

1. Position the infant between your forearms, support the head and neck, and turn the infant face-up. 2. Lower the infant onto your thigh with their head lower than their chest. 3. Place two fingers in the center of the infant's chest, just below the nipple line. 4. Give 5 quick chest thrusts about 1 ½ inches deep. Each chest thrust should be separate from the others. 5. Let the chest return to its normal position between each chest thrust, keeping your fingers in contact with the chest.

Caring for an Unresponsive Choking Infant with two slight differences

1. Use the encircling thumbs technique when giving 30 compressions to an unresponsive choking infant. 2. If you see an object in the infant's mouth, use your pinky instead of a larger finger to do a finger sweep.

When giving chest thrusts to an infant, how deep should you press?

About 1 1/2 inches When giving chest thrusts to an infant, give 5 quick chest thrusts about 1 ½ inches deep.

Sarita is choking. Brianna must now give care starting with 5 back blows. How should Brianna position Sarita when giving back blows?

Bent forward at the waist with her upper body parallel to ground Bending the person at the waist so that their upper body is as parallel to the ground as possible helps both to remove the object and helps you to brace yourself if the person becomes unresponsive.

When giving back blows, where on the choking infant's back should the responder give back blows?

Between the infant's shoulder blades

Remember...

Continue giving sets of 5 back blows and 5 chest thrusts until the infant can cough or cry, or the infant becomes unresponsive.

When giving CPR to an unresponsive choking infant, what CPR technique should you use?

Encircling thumbs technique Be sure to use the encircling thumbs technique when giving 30 compressions to an infant. Alternatively, you can use the two-finger technique. If you are not able to compress the infant's chest about 1 ½ inches using either the encircling thumbs technique or the two-finger technique, you can use the one-hand technique.

The initial back blows did not remove the object. Sarita is still choking. What should Brianna do next?

Give abdominal thrusts If, after giving back blows, the person is unable to cough or speak, give abdominal thrusts.

When giving chest thrusts, where on the choking infant's chest should the responder give thrusts?

In the center of the infant's chest, just below the nipple line. When giving chest thrusts to an infant, place two fingers in the center of the infant's chest, just below the nipple line. Next Question

In this video, the responder used correct technique to give back blows and chest thrusts. True or false?

In this video, the first aid responder did not correctly give back blows and chest thrusts. They covered the infant's face when giving back blows and did not use correct technique (fingers are not perpendicular to the chest) when giving chest thrusts. When holding the infant in a position to give back blows, do not cover the infant's face. When giving chest thrusts to an infant, place two fingers in the center of the infant's chest, just below the nipple line. Next Question

When giving abdominal thrusts, how should Brianna position her hands?

Make a fist with her first hand and place the thumb side against Sarita's stomach just above her navel; cover her fist with her second hand After finding the person's navel with two fingers and moving behind them, make a fist and place the thumb side against the person's stomach, right above your fingers. Then, take your first hand and cover your fist with that hand.

If you see an object in the infant's mouth, which finger(s) should you use to do a finger sweep?

Pinky finger If you see an object in the infant's mouth, use your pinky instead of a larger finger to do a finger sweep. Finish

To give back blows:

Place the infant's back along your forearm. Place your other forearm on the infant's front, supporting the infant's jaw with your thumb and fingers. Turn the infant to a face-down position and hold them along your forearm using your thigh for support and keeping the infant's head lower than their body. Use the heel of your hand to give 5 firm back blows between the infant's shoulder blades. Each back blow should be separate from the others.

Caring for a Responsive Choking Infant

Remember, a choking infant who is making high-pitched noises or who is unable to cry or cough forcefully has a blocked airway and will soon become unresponsive unless the airway is cleared. Therefore, you must act immediately. Care for a responsive choking infant consists of giving: 5 back blows 5 chest thrusts

Alert:

Remember, only do a finger sweep if you see an object!

When giving abdominal thrusts, how should Brianna position her hands?

She is choking. When forming an initial impression, you may notice that the person looks panicked, confused or surprised; they may be turning blue; and/or they may hold their neck with one or both hands. You may hear coughing, high-pitched squeaking noises, or see them trying to cough, speak or cry but hear nothing at all.If the person is making high-pitched noises or is unable to speak, cry or cough forcefully, the airway is blocked, and they have a life-threatening emergency.

The Pros Know

When holding the infant in a face-down position to give back blows, make sure your fingers are on the sides of the head and not blocking the mouth! When giving back blows, keep your fingers up to avoid hitting the infant's head or neck!