{"id":6112,"date":"2025-01-19T21:56:29","date_gmt":"2025-01-19T21:56:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/?p=6112"},"modified":"2025-01-19T21:56:30","modified_gmt":"2025-01-19T21:56:30","slug":"video-how-to-help-a-choking-child","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/?p=6112","title":{"rendered":"Video: How to help a Choking Child"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">First Aid can be critical in a life threatening situation. If a child is choking, this are the steps to take:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Give 5 Back Blows:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Firmly hit the child on their back between the shoulder blades.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>This creates vibrations and pressure in the airway, which can dislodge the object.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Give 5 Abdominal Thrusts:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Wrap your arms around the child&#8217;s waist.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Place your fist above their belly button and pull inward and upward.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Call Emergency Services (911):<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>If the object doesn\u2019t dislodge, call for help immediately.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Keep repeating back blows and abdominal thrusts until:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The object comes out.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Help arrives.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The child becomes unresponsive.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe class=\"zeen-lazy-load-base zeen-lazy-load\" title=\"How to help a choking child #FirstAid #PowerOfKindness\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"about:blank\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/etyEWWEtbqI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><noscript><iframe title=\"How to help a choking child #FirstAid #PowerOfKindness\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/etyEWWEtbqI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is not meant to be comprehensive, but if you are a parent this is a good starting point. Go here for more information:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.redcross.org.uk\/first-aid\/learn-first-aid-for-babies-and-children\/choking-child\">https:\/\/www.redcross.org.uk\/first-aid\/learn-first-aid-for-babies-and-children\/choking-child<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First Aid can be critical in a life threatening situation. If a child is choking, this are the steps to take: Give 5 Back Blows: Give 5 Abdominal Thrusts: Call Emergency Services (911): This is not meant to be comprehensive, but if you are a parent this is a good starting point. Go here for more information:https:\/\/www.redcross.org.uk\/first-aid\/learn-first-aid-for-babies-and-children\/choking-child<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6114,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6112","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-preventative-care","category-wellness"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6112","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6112"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6112\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6113,"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6112\/revisions\/6113"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6114"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6112"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6112"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/healthnews.zone\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6112"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}