Choking
1. Safety
2. Encourage to cough
3. Shout for help / ring 999
4. Deliver up to 5 back blows
5. If still choking Give up to 5 chest thrusts
6. If still choking repeat steps 4 and 5
If the infant loses consciousness at any time, follow Baby Basic Life Support steps above from step 4
Baby Basic Life Support
1. Safety
2. Stimulate
3. Shout for help / ring 999
Use speakerphone on mobile device
4. Airway – put in ‘neutral position’
5. Breathing – Look – Listen – Feel
6. If gasping or not breathing Give 5 rescue breaths
7. If no response – Give 30 compressions to 2 breaths at 2 compressions per second.
Push down 1/3 depth of chest until help arrives or baby cries.
Information:
This leaflet is not a comprehensive guide. It is a simple aide memoire to go alongside a structured teaching programme and must not be used in isolation.