The Heimlich Maneuver: Conscious Choking Child

Causes

• Eating too fast, failing to chew food well enough, or eating with improperly fitted dentures
• Drinking alcohol (even a small amount of alcohol affects awareness)
• Being unconscious and breathing in vomited material
• Breathing in small objects (young children)
• Trauma to the head and face (swelling, blood, or a deformity can cause choking)

Symptoms

The universal distress signal for choking is grabbing the throat with the hand.
Other danger signs include:

• Bluish skin color
• Difficulty breathing
• Inability to speak
• Loss of consciousness if blockage is not cleared
• Noisy breathing or high-pitched sounds while inhaling
• Weak, ineffective coughing
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