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Preventing Choking in Small Children
Young children can easily choke on food and everyday objects. You can help prevent your child from choking by offering the right kinds of foods and watching for choking hazards. Food To prevent choking, use care when you select and prepare food. Do not give round, firm foods to children younger than age 4 unless the...
Preventing Choking
Don't drink too much alcohol before eating. It may dull your senses, and you might not chew food properly or might try to swallow too large a portion of food. Take small bites. Cut meat into small pieces. Chew your food thoroughly. Do not give popcorn, nuts, or hard candy to children younger than 4, and supervise older...
Choking Rescue Procedure: Heimlich Maneuver
A person who is choking (whose airway is completely blocked by food or an object): Can't cry, talk, breathe, or cough. May grasp their throat. May become severely anxious or agitated. May turn blue or dusky in color. May pass out. A choking rescue procedure (the Heimlich maneuver) is used to clear an obstruction in...
Choking Rescue for Babies
If the baby can cough or make sounds, let the baby cough to try to get the object out. If you are worried about the baby's breathing, call . WARNING: Do not begin the choking rescue procedure unless you are certain that the baby is choking. If a baby can't breathe, cough, or make sounds, then: Put the baby facedown on...
Heimlich Maneuver for Adults and Children Older Than 1 Year
A person who is choking cannot talk, cough, or breathe, and may turn gray or blue. The Heimlich maneuver can help get the food or object out. WARNING: Do not try the Heimlich maneuver unless you are sure the person is choking. If the person can cough or make sounds, let the person cough to try to get the object out. If...
Pressure Injuries From Scuba Diving
What are pressure injuries from scuba diving? Scuba diving can expose you to high waves and dangerous sea life. But the more likely dangers are those you can't see. You can be injured if your body isn't able to adjust to the increasing and decreasing pressure of the water as you breathe compressed air. Pressure changes...
First Aid
Provides links on nosebleeds, rashes, and blisters. Also includes topics addressing more serious first aid emergencies, such as choking rescues and sprained ankles.
Coughs, Age 12 and Older
Briefly discusses causes of coughs, including common cold, bronchitis, pneumonia, asthma, GERD, COPD, choking, and chemicals in the air. Offers interactive tool to help decide when to seek care. Also offers home treatment tips.
Coughs, Age 11 and Younger
Briefly discusses causes of coughs in children, including common cold, bronchitis, pneumonia, asthma, allergies, choking, and chemicals in the air. Offers interactive tool to help decide when to seek care. Also offers home treatment tips.
Swallowed or Inhaled Objects
Briefly discusses the types of things that can be swallowed or inhaled, such as food, poisonous plants or chemicals, and disc batteries. Offers interactive tool to help decide when to seek care. Also offers home treatment tips.