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The British Red Cross offer their advice on what to do when babies or children are choking:<a href="https://www.redcross.org.uk/first-aid/learn-first-aid-for-babies-and-children/choking-baby">How to help a baby under 1 year of age who is choking</a><a href="https://www.redcross.org.uk/first-aid/learn-first-aid-for-babies-and-children/choking-child">How to help a child aged 1 year to puberty who is choking</a>

The British Red Cross offer their advice on what to do when babies or children are choking:. How to help a baby under 1 year of age who is choking. How to help a child aged 1 year to puberty who is choking.

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