These accidents are usually attributed to food, liquid, balloons, marbles, or other foreign objects that lodge in the airway and result in suffocation.
Children are more susceptible to choking because their airways are narrower than an adults.
Apparent choking victims who can cough strongly, speak, or breathe can probably clear their airway on their own. But if the victim is clasping or pointing to his or her throat and cannot talk, you should perform the Heimlich maneuver as quickly as possible. The Heimlich maneuver is a series of abdominal thrusts designed to create an artificial cough, which forces the foreign object out of the airway. Performing the Heimlich maneuver on an older child, adolescent, or adult Stand behind the victim and locate the bottom rib with your hand. Move your hand across the abdomen to the area above the navel and make a fist.