The Heimlich maneuver for children is a kind of first-aid method used to save children’s bronchial foreign body, because children are curious and like to put all kinds of small things into their mouths, so it is easy to inhale into the trachea by mistake, and this time it is necessary to use the Heimlich maneuver to carry out the resuscitation.
Heimlich’s first aid for children, for infants and older children, the rescue method is different, the rescue method for older children can be carried out in accordance with the adult Heimlich’s first aid method, for younger infants the method is as follows.
First, place the child face down on the adult’s hand, then head down, feet up, the adult’s hand holds the baby’s jawbone (to avoid bending of the airway), the adult’s other hand on the baby’s back between the shoulder blades and patting, through the change of air pressure, to discharge the foreign body.
If the foreign body is still not discharged, place the baby on his/her back on the adult’s lap, still head down, feet up, the adult’s hand holds the baby’s head and neck and tries to avoid bending the neck (so as not to bend the airway), and the index and middle fingers of the adult’s other hand quickly press on the middle of the chest, and then continue with the child’s face downward and repeat the operation.