If your child stops breathing, what do you have to do? Drowning, severe electric shock and suffocation from fumes, among others, can cause a child’s breathing to stop.

Loss of breath may result into death, so you must act swiftly. Put your ear or check against the child’s mouth and nose to detect any breathing.

If the child isn’t breathing or is bluish in face, tilt the head back by lifting the chin and press the forehead. If breathing doesn’t start immediately, clear the mouth and start artificial respiration.

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