The most common symptoms of airway obstruction are shortness of breath, labored breathing, pallor, excessive sweating, and the possibility of severe coughing during the onset of the illness. When confronted with a severe airway obstruction in a conscious infant, the infant’s body can be placed on the side of the arm while the neck is immobilized with the palm of the hand, so that the head is lower than the infant’s body, keeping the head down, and tapping the infant’s shoulder with the root of the palm of the hand, using gravity to alleviate the infant’s symptoms. If the symptoms of airway obstruction do not disappear at this point, the infant can be further placed on his or her back on the lap, and chest compressions can be applied with the hands, repeated 5 or 6 times until the infant is relieved of his or her symptoms. Airway obstruction occurs easily in infants and young children, parents are advised to take good care of their children, and if the symptoms cannot be relieved by doing this, it is important to go to the hospital as soon as possible to seek help to avoid delaying the condition.