While food is a major risk, children are often in unfamiliar environments during the festive season, which can bring its own dangers. If that doesn’t work, give up to five abdominal thrusts. If this fails, then try abdominal thrusts. If this fails, call 999 – then go back and administer five back blows, alternated with five abdominal thrusts, until help arrives. Do not perform abdominal thrusts on an infant, you can cause significant damage.
Source: Daily Mail December 23, 2025 15:52 UTC