CHOKING.
' Tnere are few more alarming accidents than that of choking. This is often caused by swallowing insufficiently chewed food, and may result from laughing while eat inc. The food goes down the wrong way, and, blocking the windpipe, stops breathing at once. The child becomes purple in the face with his efforts to breathe. The first thing to do is to smack him hard between the shoulder blades. n this does not dislodge the obstruction, put your fore-finger down hi."? throat and tiy to hook up whatever is blocking Hie air p,is. ages, - s vr ... y small, another scheme is to hold him upside down by the legs and again smack his back. Artificial respiration may be necessary if breathing does not begin immediately the obstruction has been removed. Jf vour efforts are unsuccessful, don ■. .wistc time, but send for a doctor at once.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21118, 27 February 1932, Page 7 (Supplement)
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