FBAO: Infant (Conscious Patient)

FBAO: Infant (Conscious Patient) - Step a.

a. Take and verbalize standard precautions

FBAO: Infant (Conscious Patient) - Step b. (After a. Take and verbalize standard precautions)

b. Kneel or it with the infant in your lap

FBAO: Infant (Conscious Patient) - Step c. (After b. Kneel or it with the infant in your lap)

c. Expose the chest if easily removed

FBAO: Infant (Conscious Patient) - Step d. (After c. Expose the chest if easily removed)

d. Hold the infant face down, with the head slightly lower than the chest, resting on your forearm

FBAO: Infant (Conscious Patient) - Step e. (After d. Hold the infant face down, with the head slightly lower than the chest, resting on your forearm)

e. Support the infant’s head and jaw with your hand, cupping the chin and cheeks

FBAO: Infant (Conscious Patient) - Step f. (After e. Support the infant’s head and jaw with your hand, cupping the chin and cheeks)

f. DO NOT compress the soft tissue of the throat or cover the infant’s mouth or eyes with your fingers

FBAO: Infant (Conscious Patient) - Step g. (After f. DO NOT compress the soft tissue of the throat or cover the infant’s mouth or eyes with your fingers)

g. Deliver 5 back slaps, forcefully between the infant’s shoulder blades, using the heel of your open hand

FBAO: Infant (Conscious Patient) - Step h. (After g. Deliver 5 back slaps, forcefully between the infant’s shoulder blades, using the heel of your open hand)

h. Place your free hand on the infant’s back, supporting the head with the palm of your hand and turn the infant over as a unit, between your forearms. Keeping the head below the trunk

FBAO: Infant (Conscious Patient) - Step i. (h. Place your free hand on the infant’s back, supporting the head with the palm of your hand and turn the infant over as a unit, between your forearms. Keeping the head below the trunk)

i. Provide 5 quick downward thrusts, with the heel of one hand in the middle of the chest, over the lower half of the sternum (same position as CPR). Deliver about 1 per second

FBAO: Infant (Conscious Patient) - Step j. (After i. Provide 5 quick downward thrusts, with the heel of one hand in the middle of the chest, over the lower half of the sternum (same position as CPR). Deliver about 1 per second)

j. Repeat back slaps and chest thrusts until the object is expelled from the airway or the patient becomes unresponsive

FBAO: Infant (Conscious Patient) - All Steps

a. Take and verbalize standard precautions

b. Kneel or sit with the infant in your lap

c. Expose the chest if clothing is easily removed

d. Hold the infant face down, with the head slightly lower than the chest, resting on your forearm

e. Support the infant’s head and jaw with the hand, cupping the chin and cheeks

f. DO NOT compress the soft tissue of the throat, or cover the infant’s mouth or eyes with your fingers

g. Deliver 5 back slaps, forcefully between the infant’s shoulder blades

h. Place your free hand on the infant’s back, supporting the head with the palm of your hand and turn the infant over as a unit, between your forearms. Keeping the head below the trunk

i. Provide 5 quick downward chest thrusts, with the heel of one hand in the middle of the chest, over the lower half of the sternum (same position as CPR). Deliver about 1 per second

j. Repeat back slaps and chest thrusts until the object is expelled from the airway or the patient becomes unresponsive.