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A one-year-old baby choked on a gummy candy – and was miraculously saved

"I took him into my arms and noticed there was blood in his mouth, likely from the parents' unsuccessful attempt to remove the foreign object with their fingers. I turned him onto his stomach and tapped his back between the shoulder blades until he coughed and the candy came out," describes a paramedic from TEREM Emergency Medical Services. What should you do in case of foreign object ingestion, and which actions should be avoided as they pose a life risk?

A one-year-old baby choked on a gummy candy – and was miraculously saved

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