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posts related to: choking
How to perform resuscitation and CPR on a baby or young child
Having the knowledge needed to carry out first aid on a child or baby can be vital and yet 81% of parents admit they don’t have the skills required to administer even basic first aid. Stats reveal that over half of all parents asked would be afraid of doing something wrong.* The fifth and final…
What to do if your child is choking
Would you know what to do if you were involved in a situation with a choking baby or toddler? Last year 15,000 under-five’s were admitted to A&E because of choking*. Tesco Baby & Toddler Club are currently running its BabySafe campaign – an initiative to offer free, basic first aid training to parents, grandparents and…
Posted in First Aid
Tagged baby routines, Breathing, Child safety, choking, difficulty with breathing, first aid
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Choking
Anything small enough to fit into a baby’s mouth will go straight in. He will use his sensitive tongue and mouth to explore the shape, size and texture of things. Baby toys are designed with this in mind and care is taken to ensure that they cannot be swallowed. Many toys are marked ‘not suitable for under 36…
Posted in Baby, Safety and homeproofing, Toddler
Tagged Baby, baby food, choking, food, Toddler, Toy
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Pierced ears on babies
Some parents pierce their babies ears at a very young age, but is it fair to make the decision on behalf of your child? We look at the issues and explain the care involved if you do have your baby’s ears pierced. Culture or fashion Ear piercing has long been the subject of controversy but for some,…
Posted in Baby Health, Parenting styles
Tagged choking, ear piercing, earrings, infection, pain, pierced ears, Risk, Toddler
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How to work out the cause of the cough
Cough is the most common symptom of respiratory disease, and is a result of irritation of nerve receptors in the throat, trachea (windpipe) and bronchial tubes. A recurrent cough is often due to recurrent respiratory infections but other causes may be responsible. Although it is often seen as a trivial symptom it can be very upsetting for both child…
Posted in Baby Health, Expert Advice
Tagged asthma, bacterial infection, choking, common cold, Cough, coughs, different cough, dry irritating cough, fever, Habit cough, Hayfever, infection, irritation, mild cough, Mucus, Night cough, Pulmonology, recurrent cough, Reflexes, surgery, Symptoms, Upper respiratory infection, wheezing
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Birthday babies
Keep it simple It’s easy to lose sight of the fact that you’re more excited about your baby’s first birthday than he is. To him, it’s another day to be filled with play, food and sleep. To you it’s a mammoth celebration of the day he was born. The key is to keep it nice and simple, from…
Posted in Birthdays, Celebrations
Tagged Birthday, birthday cake, Birthday Party, choking, finger food, food, Party
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DTP/Hib : immunisation
Diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis (whooping cough)and Hib ( a meningitis bacteria) Currently the DTP/Hib immunisation is given by injection in three doses: at 2, 3 and 4 months old. The government has announced plans for the polio vaccine to be given with the DTP/Hib jab making it a 5-in-1 jab to be given as before in threee stages at 2,…
Posted in Baby, Baby Health
Tagged Bacterial diseases, Burn, choking, Cough, coughing, Diphtheria, DTP injection, febrile convulsion, homeopathy, illness, immunisation Diphtheria, Immunology, Meningitis, Pertussis, pneumonia, polio, tetanus, Tetanus Tetanus, Vaccination, vomiting, whooping cough
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Choking warning issued to parents
5 May 2000 Choking warning issued to parents GRIEVING parents whose child died after choking on a cherry tomato have highlighted their daughter’s death in the hope it will save other lives. Lucy Owen, aged three, of Birmingham, loved the tiny tomatoes and would eat them ‘like strawberries’, her mother said. Choking is the biggest…
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Tagged Birmingham, choking, food, Fruit, Lucy Owen, Lydia, Pauline Owen, the Birmingham Post, Tomatoes, Trevor Owen
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First Aid for Halloween
Halloween and Bonfire Night are soon approaching and preparations have already begun with pumpkin-carving, costume-making and bonfire building! But amongst all of these festivities it’s easy to get carried away and inevitably injuries will occur. St. John Ambulance advises on keeping a well-stocked First Aid kit to hand and offers some tips and hints on how to deal with any…
Posted in First Aid, Halloween
Tagged Bleeding, burns, choking, first aid, Halloween, heart attacks
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Top ten causes of choking each year involving items that are not food or toys
But even if you watch your child like a hawk while they are eating, remember that 26 per cent of non-food accidents among children aged under three years are caused by coins – that goes up to 54 per cent of such cases among three-year-olds. Be honest – when was the last time you dropped a penny out of a…
Posted in Baby, Safety and homeproofing, Toddler
Tagged accidents, choking, Hazard prevention
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