Airway Obstruction for Infant and child ( Dixie R. Galvez)16085E Lancashire Dr. Loxahatchee Florida 33470 (Dixiergalvez@gmail.com)

 

                :Airway Obstruction For Infant and a child:


    Infant: = Try to dislodge the object when the infant is face down, then face up, and so on. First try placing the infant face down so that her head and neck are firmly in one of your hands, held firmly, lower than the infants waist. Up to (5 times), strike the infant´s between the shoulder blades with just enough force to dislodge the object. This action is referred to as a Black blow. If no dislodging results, turn the infant on her back, support her neck with one hand, and push (5 times) on the bottom of her breastbone. This action is referred to as a chest thrust.


    : Child: = Perform the Heimlich maneuver. Stand behind the child. Wrap your arms around the child´s so that your hands meet above the child´s navel, But below his or her ribs. Make a fist with one hand, thumb side closest to the child. Grab the wrist of that hand with your other hand. With that fist, quickly thrust inward and upward into the child´s abdomen. Each thrust should force air from the lungs up into the airway with the purpose of dislodging the object.


    :If at first these measures do not provide relief, keep trying. The muscles in the child´s airway will relax as they are deprived of oxygen, which can help you to dislodge the object.

    :If the infant or child becomes unconscious as you are trying to dislodge an object from his or her airway, Be sure to call for help. Have someone else contact the EMS while you continue to provide the required CPR.


:Infant: = An unconscious infant whose airway is obstructed by a foreign object should be treated with continuing back blows and chest thrusts.


:Child: = An unconscious child may be given the Heimlich maneuver while the child is on his or her back, and you are straddling the child´s legs. Instead of making a fist, place the heel of one hand above the child´s navel, but below his or her ribs. Place your other hand on top of your first hand.

    

    Unconscious Infants and children airways: are completely obstructed will need you to perform a Tongue jaw lift and offer two Rescue Breaths. Here´s what those are.


:  To Perform The Tongue Jaw Lift with the Infant or child on his or her back, on a hard surface, gently use one of your hands to open the mouth, moving the chin up and out. Place your other hand on the infant of child´s forehead, pushing gently down to tilt the head back slightly. If you see the object obstructing the airway, try to remove it.


: To Offer Rescue Breaths To An Infants:

With the infant positioned by a tongue jaw lift, take a deep breath, yourself. Then cover the infant´s mouth and nose with your own mouth; make a tight seal over that area. Breathe into the infants nose and mouth with slow breath, Lasting between one second and one and one half seconds. Then breathe in yourself, with your nose only, not breaking the seal. Give the infant another rescue breath. Observe whether the infant´s chest rises with each breath. If not, then the infant´s airway continues to be blocked. To offer breaths  to a child´s use the same process as above, but pinch the child´s nostrils closed as you make a tight seal over the child´s mouth.


    Continue these efforts to dislodge the foreign object, then offer rescue breaths, until the object is dislodge and normal breathing resumes. Do not give up. even if your initial efforts do not seem to be giving you the expected results. Continue these efforts, plus others you will read about later, until EMS help arrives.


Airway obstruction also may result even if no foreign object is in the infant´s or child´s mouth.

    Respiratory infections may cause obstruction in a child´s airway. The above describe techniques are not relevant to children who are experiencing respiratory infections. These children need to be brought to a medical facility for immediate, Emergency attention. If an infant or child loses consciousness for any reason, then be alert to the need to clear a possible airway obstruction. As previously mentioned, upon losing consciousness, one´s muscle relax. when this happens, the tongue may fall backwards. It is the tongue that may be blocking the airway of an unconscious infant or child who has not swallowed a foreign object!


    To lift the tongue away from the airway, do a tongue jaw lift, As describe several paragraphs earlier.  ( To summarize, tilt the victims head back, move the victim´s lower jaw up and outward). Observe if the infant or child begins to breathe. If not, then begin to administer additional CPR procedures.

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