If the child is not coughing but is gasping, turning scarlet and then greyish, with an expression of panic in his eyes, he cannot breathe. Act fast. Open his mouth and put your finger boldly in to the back of his throat in case you can hook the object. If you can make him retch,… [ Continue Reading ]
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Choking in children : Response & Precaution
When food or any other foreign body goes into the lungs instead of the stomach, your child will try to eject it out with a lot of sputtering or coughing. It is nature way of removing alien bodies from the lungs and getting it back to the throat. As long as the child keeps coughing… [ Continue Reading ]
