If a child swallows a plum kernel, if there are no unusual symptoms, no treatment is needed and close observation is sufficient. If the plum kernel into the child’s airway, you need to take the Heimlich abdominal impact method, the foreign body out of the body.
Children swallowed plum core, if there is no choking, choking and other abnormal manifestations, generally do not need to take special treatment, because the plum core into the digestive tract will generally be discharged with the feces.
If the child swallowed the plum kernel after dyspnea, choking and other manifestations, the plum kernel mistakenly into the respiratory tract is considered. In this case, it is necessary to take the Heimlich abdominal shock method to expel the plum kernel from the airway blockage.
If the child is not more than one year old, the infant should be placed face down with the body on the arms and leaning on the knees. The rescuer’s arm is placed against the chest, with the thumb and the remaining four fingers in the mandible, and the other hand is tapped on the infant’s back five times between the shoulder blades; the infant is then turned upright and the index and middle fingers are pressed against the chest five times on the lower part of the infant’s sternum until the foreign body is spit out.
If the child is older than 2 years old, the adult needs to place both hands between the child’s sternum and navel and make a fist with one hand, wrapping the other hand around the fist. Then squeeze the child’s chest several times to get the kernel out.
It is recommended that the child swallowed the plum core after breathing difficulties and other abnormalities, parents to take the Heimlich abdominal impact method can not be plum core out of the body, you need to consult a doctor, the doctor will be based on the child’s condition treatment.