It so happens that most parents enter into confused mode when faced with certain emergencies in the home. You can't keep up with the activities of your kids, especially the young ones so it is important to be able to harm yourselves with some emergency know how's.

One of such is when food or whatever sticks in your child's throat and he cannot breathe. This is what you would have to do:

1) stand/kneel behind the child and wrap your arms around his waist.
2) put your fist against the child's belly, just above the navel and below the his ribs.
3) press into the child's belly using a sudden strong upward jerk.

These movements allow the air to be forced out from his lungs to free his throat. The movements can be repeated when necessary.

And in situations involving adults especially someone that's bigger than you, this is what you would do, remember to be a quick as possible.

Lay such person on his back and ten sit over him in a way that his legs would be between your thighs. Place the heel of your lower hand on his belly between the navel and the ribs.
Then make a quick, strong upward pus and repeat several times if you ave to.

If this doesn't help, go into the application of mouth-to-mouth breathing.


**where there is no doctor**

shoefreak....

olubukato: shoefreak....

Is there an emergency? **knocks his head**

shoefreak:

Is there an emergency? **knocks his head**

Naaa.. I just dey hail u noni

Okay berry. Thanks for hailing.

olubukato:

Naaa.. I just dey hail u noni

Kicking a child's butt can also make him/her regurgitate the object

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Till I go born my own pikin if dem no go hack NLand again though

You ehn!!! Na so u go do my cuties ehn? Yeye!!!
How but go help pikin spit out Whats in his throat na?

xynerise: Kicking a child's butt can also make him/her regurgitate the object

shoefreak: It so happens that most parents enter into confused mode when faced with certain emergencies in the home. You can't keep up with the activities of your kids, especially the young ones so it is important to be able to harm yourselves with some emergency know how's.

One of such is when food or whatever sticks in your child's throat and he cannot breathe. This is what you would have to do:

1) stand/kneel behind the child and wrap your arms around his waist.
2) put your fist against the child's belly, just above the navel and below the his ribs.
3) press into the child's belly using a sudden strong upward jerk.

These movements allow the air to be forced out from his lungs to free his throat. The movements can be repeated when necessary.

And in situations involving adults especially someone that's bigger than you, this is what you would do, remember to be a quick as possible.

Lay such person on his back and ten sit over him in a way that his legs would be between your thighs. Place the heel of your lower hand on his belly between the navel and the ribs.
Then make a quick, strong upward pus and repeat several times if you ave to.

If this doesn't help, go into the application of mouth-to-mouth breathing.


**where there is no doctor**

But don't forget to do this carefully. The younger a child, the more fragile the ribs. If you try the Heimlich Maneuver on a child with the force of an adult, you can crush the rib cage.

Thanks for the post OP

LewsTherin:

But don't forget to do this carefully. The younger a child, the more fragile the ribs. If you try the Heimlich Maneuver on a child with the force of an adult, you can crush the rib cage.

Thanks for the post OP

Thanks for sharing. I believe it should be noted that there should variations on the kind of pressure to be applied.