How to perform the Heimlich maneuver if your child is stuck

A child who is stuck can be relieved by the Heimlich Maneuver. The methods adopted for children under one year of age and those over one year of age will be different, as analyzed below: 1. Under one year old: keep the child in a prone position, lying on the parent’s arm, the parent uses the root of the palm of the other hand to strike the child’s back firmly, until the foreign body is discharged from the body. 2. More than one year old: parents stand behind the child’s body, use both arms to squeeze the child’s upper abdomen, and the right hand clenched fist on the child’s stomach, the left hand is located on the right fist to squeeze, through repeated squeezing, so that the air pressure of the stomach and its capacity for the impact of the body to let the foreign body quickly discharged out of the body. Parents need to master first aid knowledge in addition to the first aid process, but also as soon as possible to call 120 emergency telephone. To prevent unsuccessful treatment, can quickly to the hospital for treatment.