Premature babies with cerebral palsy who choke should stop feeding immediately, change positions in time, pat their backs, and clean up foreign objects in their mouths. If family measures are ineffective, the baby should be taken to the hospital for rescue.
As the sucking power of preterm babies with cerebral palsy is weak, the chances of babies choking are correspondingly high. If the choking is mild and the baby is relatively stable, parents can handle it appropriately. The first step is to stop breastfeeding and place the baby on his/her side to prevent vomit from flowing into the throat and trachea. Parents should also pat the infant’s back to encourage him to vomit out the choking material and clean up the foreign matter from the mouth in time.
If the infant is choking while struggling, showing symptoms of suspected asphyxia such as bruising of the lips and face, change of voice, difficulty in breathing, etc., the infant should be immediately called to the 120 emergency number or sent to the hospital for resuscitation.
In addition, the need to immediately put the baby prone in the lap of adults, patting the back to promote the choking of milk coughed up, but also pinched or pinched the soles of the baby’s feet, so that the baby to cry to increase the breathing, to avoid oxygen deprivation.
To prevent choking, babies should be reclined when feeding, and babies who have choked, especially premature babies and babies with cerebral palsy, should be closely observed during feeding.