Notes
- Inability to breathe or cry
- High-pitched crowing sounds
- Sudden wheezing or noisy breathing
- Determine that the airway is obstructed. Notice if air exchange is poor or does not occur.
- Lay the infant down on your forearm, supporting the jaw between your thumb and index finger and supporting the chest with your hand and forearm.
- Using your thigh or lap for support, keep the infant’s head lower than the body.
- Give five quick, forceful slaps between the shoulder blades with the heel of your hand.
- Turn the infant over to be face up on your other arm. Using your thigh or lap for support, keep the infant’s head lower than the body.
- Place two fingers of one hand over the center of the chest just below the nipple line.
- Give five quick thrusts downward, depressing the chest by
(1.5 in) its depth each time. - Continue the sequence of five back slaps and five chest thrusts until the object is dislodged or the infant loses consciousness. If the infant loses consciousness, treat as an unconscious infant with an obstructed airway.
