What care should you give to a conscious child who is choking and coughing?

Assess the situation. You can gain two very important pieces of information from this history, mainly...

* She is still concious * She is coughing, if you can hear coughs or any sort of sound, that mean the airway is still patent, even if only partially. Get her to bend over a chair and hit forcefully with an open palm of the hand between the shoulder bone. If this does not resolve after three strikes, call an ambulance.