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What to do… for INFANTS (Newborn to age 1)• If infant stops breathing, have someone call an ambulance.• Turn infant face down on your forearm and support itshead with that hand -- hold at angle so it’s head is lowerthan chest. (May want to brace arm holding infant againstyour thigh!)• Give 5 back blows between infants’ shoulder blades withheel of your other hand.• Turn infant over so it is facing up on your forearm (still atan angle so head lower than chest) -- use your first twofingers to find center of the breastbone on infant’s chest.• Give 5 thrusts to infant’s chest using only 2 fingers! (Eachthrust should be 1/2 to 1 inch [1 to 2.5 cm] deep!)• Repeat steps until object is coughed up or infant passesout.If INFANT passes out:• Check for object in the infant’s mouth and try to clear itout with your fingers.• Begin Rescue Breathing … and remember, cover bothmouth and nose on Infants! (see BREATHING PROB-LEMS)If no air gets in INFANT during Rescue Breathing:• Turn infant face down on your forearm again supportingits head with that hand -- hold at angle so head lower thanchest.• Give 5 back blows between infants’ shoulder blades withheel of your other hand.• Turn infant over so it is facing up on your forearm and useyour first two fingers to find center of the breastbone oninfant’s chest.• Give 5 thrusts to infant’s chest using only 2 fingers! (Eachthrust should be 1/2 to 1 inch [1 to 2.5 cm] deep!)• Try to give Rescue Breathing again to see if air will go in.• Continue above steps until infant can breathe on its ownor until help arrives.178 www.itsadisaster.net or call 1-888-999-4325