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🛡️ Child safety · 0 – 6 years

🍬 Preventing choking and swallowing hazards

Prevent choking by matching food texture and objects to development.

Essential Reflexes

  1. 1. What to prepare

    Seat baby upright for food and supervise; keep hard round foods, whole nuts, small parts, magnets and button batteries away.

  2. 2. What to check

    For choking with inability to breathe or cry, call emergency services and use age-appropriate trained first aid. Do not blindly sweep the mouth or hang baby upside down.

  3. 3. In South Africa

    For a life-threatening medical emergency call 112 from a mobile phone; 10177 for an ambulance. Give your location and follow dispatcher instructions.

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When in doubt, contact your doctor or midwife. For a life-threatening emergency, call 112 from a mobile phone; 10177 for an ambulance.