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Give your Child CPR

January 10, 2007 by Paul Banas Leave a Comment

Choking can be fatal and a doctor is your first recourse insuch a situation. Call for help immediately. However, if the doctor is not immediately available, here is how you can give CPR (cardiopulmonaryresuscitation) to the choking toddler. 


  • Place the toddler on a flat surface, face upwards.


  • Cover the toddler’s mouth with your mouth and blow in air two times. Each breath should take only one second.


  • Support the head and neck with one hand and thrust the chest thirty times-be firm yet gentle as children’s bones can snap easily.

  • Continuously repeat the cycle of two breaths and thirty presses.


  • The toddler should start breathing after four or five of such attempts.

  • Whether or not the child starts breathing, get medical help as soon as possible.

Here is how to give correct chest thrusts:



  • Press two or three fingers of your free hand to push on the breastbone.

  • Apply pressure to the chest thirty times at the speed of hundred thrusts per minute.

  • The thrust should take the chest at least to half or one third of the depth of the toddlers chest.


    CPR can be given by one or by two persons. In there are twopersons giving CPR, one person will press the chest and the other person willblow air into the mouth. Both actions shouldnot be done at the same time. When one person blows air the other personshould stop thrusting the chest and vice versa.


    Obviously, in a life-threatening emergency, you don’t wantto be reading information off the web. That’s why every parent should getchoking and CPR training at their local hospital.


    Disclaimer:The above information is commonsense reflection drawn from general experience.If you are looking for expert medical advice, please consult your doctor.

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    About Paul Banas

    Paul Banas is happy married dad of two great kids living in San Francisco. He writes now about kids, new technology and how the two interact for GreatDad.com and for Pregnancy Magazine (pregnancymagazine.com) where he is also the publisher.

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