Learn first aid for a child with a choking neck

Young children often put small objects in their mouths. This can lead to a choking on the neck, blocking the airway, leading to suffocation. Without timely first aid, children can lose consciousness and die. Therefore, it is very important to learn about first aid methods when a child has throat choking.

Recently, an 11-year-old girl died from strong suction of pearls and the seeds fell into her throat, choking, leading to death. This accident is very likely to happen, because children often like to drink milk tea and eat pearls. Do you think that you are always watching your children, so don't worry? Actually, even if parents are by their side, if we don't know how to handle them, we cannot save their children. Therefore, to help you know how to handle foreign foreign matter situations in children, aFamilyToday Health wants to share with you the following information:

How to determine when a child begins to choke in the neck

There are a few signs to help you determine when a child has a choking neck:

The baby starts to cough or vomiting. Coughing is a way to get rid of an object when the foreign body is blocking the airways, while vomiting is a way of the larynx's reaction to a foreign object. These reactions are considered natural, helping to clear the child's throat without causing problems or using too many skills.

Children started to gasp.  When a child stops coughing, yelling or stopping making sounds, it means that the airway is having a foreign body.

The child's skin turns reddish greenish-red or bright red, unable to inhale, with saliva. This is the most obvious sign that the child is suffocating. In some cases, children can fall into a state of loss of consciousness.

To help your child, you need to stay calm, call an ambulance immediately, and do some first aid while waiting for the doctor to arrive.

Note:  Do not try to use your hand to pull foreign objects out of the child's throat because it will cause you to accidentally push the object deep inside.

For children under 1 year old

At this stage, children often have choking in the neck or have gastric reflux. The most obvious case is when the baby is very hungry and eats too quickly or it could be because the breast milk is too much, the baby can't drink it in time. Or it could be that the food has not been crushed enough and still has large pieces. Some first aid methods can be helpful in this case:

Place the baby on his stomach on his arm, tilt his head with his face down. Tap 5 times on the back near the child's shoulder to remove the jammed object from the mouth.

Place the baby on his or her back, head facing down. Press the middle and index fingers in the center of the breast 5 times.

For children over 1 year old

For older children, you need to take quick first aid measures such as:

Use your hand to help the child lean forward. Pat continuously between the shoulder blades, while pressing fast and hard about 5 times.

Turn the child with his back facing your chest, kneel to the child's chest level, put his arms in front of the child's chest, hold the hand into a fist, place one hand on the other and then proceed to press strongly about 5 times on the position point. between ribs and navel, from the bottom up. Do this until the object in the child's throat has come out.

If the child lies, let the baby lie on his back, sit down with his head, put his hands on the child's hips and perform a strong pressure under the chest, moving in the direction of sliding towards the head. Repeat until the object leaves the throat.

If you have applied the above methods but the child's breathing does not recover or the child loses consciousness after removing the foreign body, it is necessary to conduct CPR and heart massage indirectly. Remember that these techniques for first aid are different from babies and different from first aid techniques in adults .

How to limit the situation of a child choking on the neck?

To limit the risk of choking in young children, you need:

Monitor children often and do not put small objects in their mouths.

Do not let children play with small puzzle toys.

Feed your child seedless fruits.

Grind the food thoroughly if the baby is too young to eat.

Teach children not to laugh and talk while eating.

Teach your child not to put many foods in their mouths at once.

Do not feed or drink children while walking or driving.

If your child is eating, do not play around or lose his attention.

Make sure your child doesn't keep the lid on while studying.

Although you cannot eliminate all the dangers of choking, if you do the above, you will protect your baby more effectively.

Photo: Brightside