If obstruction persists after back blows in an infant, what should you do?

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If obstruction persists after back blows in an infant, what should you do?

Explanation:
When an infant’s airway obstruction does not clear after back blows, you escalate to CPR as the next step. Turning the infant face-up and starting chest compressions helps move air and blood, which can both deliver oxygen to the tissues and help dislodge the object driving the blockage. In infants, abdominal thrusts are not used, and simply continuing back blows won’t address a persistent obstruction. If you’re trained, follow the CPR sequence for a single rescuer: chest compressions performed with two fingers on the center of the chest just below the nipple line, at a rate about 100–120 per minute, followed by rescue breaths. Continue CPR until the object is expelled, the infant starts breathing normally, or EMS arrives.

When an infant’s airway obstruction does not clear after back blows, you escalate to CPR as the next step. Turning the infant face-up and starting chest compressions helps move air and blood, which can both deliver oxygen to the tissues and help dislodge the object driving the blockage. In infants, abdominal thrusts are not used, and simply continuing back blows won’t address a persistent obstruction. If you’re trained, follow the CPR sequence for a single rescuer: chest compressions performed with two fingers on the center of the chest just below the nipple line, at a rate about 100–120 per minute, followed by rescue breaths. Continue CPR until the object is expelled, the infant starts breathing normally, or EMS arrives.

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