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The document provides guidelines for first aid in cases of foreign object obstruction, primarily in children aged 3 months to 6 years. It details signs and symptoms of obstruction, appropriate first aid measures based on the severity of the situation, and specific techniques for both conscious and unconscious children, as well as for infants. The document emphasizes the importance of remaining calm and following the correct procedures to ensure the safety of the child.

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8. First aid Foreign object obstruction.pptx

The document provides guidelines for first aid in cases of foreign object obstruction, primarily in children aged 3 months to 6 years. It details signs and symptoms of obstruction, appropriate first aid measures based on the severity of the situation, and specific techniques for both conscious and unconscious children, as well as for infants. The document emphasizes the importance of remaining calm and following the correct procedures to ensure the safety of the child.

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First aid Foreign object

obstruction
BEGIN…
• Emergency but KEEP CALM
• Ussually happen in child: 3 month – 6 years old. Foreign object: bean,
marble, milk (liquid, powder),…
Signs and symptoms
• History: sudden cough, difficult to breath, become pale, cyanosis,
serious fear, can hear gasping sound (or stridor) from child’s neck
• Child ‘s mother directly saw the child swallow the object OR
• NOT directly saw, but sudden cough/dyspnea/cyanosis while baby
was playing with marble, been or breastfeeding,…
First aid
• Keep calm
• First aid according to the severity of dyspnea
• No breathless or mild: should NOT DO ANYTHING because the object can go
deeper into the airway. Strict follow up, transfer to medical center
• Severe breathless: cyanosis, not breath, can not cough, can not make sound:
FIRST AID
For child > 1 years old
• If child still conscious (alert)
• DO Heimlich with “standing” posture
For child > 1 years old

• Stand behind the child and get your arms


around child’s waist
• Place a fist just above child’s belly button
• Hand the fist with your free hand and
quickly PUT in and up
• Repeat
• STOP: Object comes out or the child
become Unconscious (COMA)
For child > 1 years old
For child > 1 years old

• If child unconscious
• DO Heimlich with “supine” posture
• FIRST: CPR procedure if NOT Breath and/or NOT Pulse
• If still Breath and Pulse 🡪 nextslide
For child > 1 years old

• Place child to supine


• Place your fist to above child’s belly
button, hand the free hand to the fist,
DO 5 quickly PUT in and up to force
the object take out.
• Repeat
For neonatal and infant
• Put the baby facedown on your forearm, so
that the head is lower than his/her chest
• Support the baby’s head in your palm,
against your thigh. Don’t cover their mouth
or twist their neck
• Use the heel of one hand to give up 5 slaps
on the position between scapulas
For neonatal and infant
• If the object still not get out, turn over the
baby to face-up your thigh. Keep the head
lower then chest
• Place 2 or 3 your fingers below the baby’s
nipple line, then give 5 quick chest thrusts
(5 compress equal the CPR technique for
Circulation rescue)
• DO continue the circle: 5 slaps and 5 thrusts
• STOP: when the foreign object comes out or
the baby NOT BREATH (fail Heimlich)
• Place the baby supine, DO CPR procedure
For neonatal and infant
Step 1 Step 2
For neonatal and infant
• During CPR, look for an object in the mouth CPR rescue procedure for infant
or throat. If you see the object, take it out
carefully (especially use a material can
remove, limit use your hand, because can
put the object deeper) . But if you can't see
the object, don't stick your finger down the
baby's throat to feel for it.
• Keep doing CPR until the baby is breathing
on his or her own or until help arrives.
Breif points
• Heimlich in infant and child with conscious

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