Choking care for a responsive infant includes

Choking care for a responsive infant includes

• A. Alternating back blows and chest thrusts
• B. Abdominal thrusts only
• C. CPR
• D. Performing chest compressions first

Answer: (A)

When a choking infant is still responsive, the best approach is to use an alternating sequence of back blows and chest thrusts to clear the airway. This method targets the obstruction safely in a small child, using gravity and gentle chest pressure to dislodge the object without relying on abdominal thrusts that aren’t appropriate for infants. To do it, hold the infant face-down along your forearm, with the head lower than the chest and the infant supported on your thigh. Deliver five firm back blows between the shoulder blades with the heel of your hand. If the object hasn’t loosened, turn the infant over, supporting the head, and place two fingers on the center of the chest just below the nipple line. Give five chest thrusts, pressing about 1.5 inches (4 cm). Repeat the cycle of five back blows and five chest thrusts until the object is expelled or the infant becomes unresponsive. If the infant becomes unresponsive, call for emergency help and start CPR, beginning with chest compressions followed by rescue breaths as appropriate for an infant.

When a choking infant is still responsive, the best approach is to use an alternating sequence of back blows and chest thrusts to clear the airway. This method targets the obstruction safely in a small child, using gravity and gentle chest pressure to dislodge the object without relying on abdominal thrusts that aren’t appropriate for infants.

To do it, hold the infant face-down along your forearm, with the head lower than the chest and the infant supported on your thigh. Deliver five firm back blows between the shoulder blades with the heel of your hand. If the object hasn’t loosened, turn the infant over, supporting the head, and place two fingers on the center of the chest just below the nipple line. Give five chest thrusts, pressing about 1.5 inches (4 cm). Repeat the cycle of five back blows and five chest thrusts until the object is expelled or the infant becomes unresponsive.

If the infant becomes unresponsive, call for emergency help and start CPR, beginning with chest compressions followed by rescue breaths as appropriate for an infant.