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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here... I've resisted responding so far but this is getting silly.  I have a legal nanny, who is paid a good wage, gets 3 weeks paid vacation, bonuses etc.  We like her and want to keep her, so we do our best to treat her well!

She understands a lot of English, and I understand a lot of Spanish, so in general, we have no trouble communicating.  In this case, though, knowing the word in Spanish for "choking" vs. "gagging" is pretty advanced.  So there is a language barrier here.  I wanted to make sure she could review a resource in her native language.

Re: the CPR class, I paid for her to attend one 3 months ago.  After I posted this, we talked about what happened more, and she said in prior CPR classes, they recommended a mouth sweep.  I don't know if they specifically said NO MOUTH SWEEPS in the last class or just focused on what she should do.

In any case, there's just a lot of assumptions and judgments here.  And I am finally frustrated enough to respond!  But I do appreciate those who took the time to provide helpful responses.  I am grateful![/quote]

Hi OP.  While mouth sweeps are generally not recommended, you DO NOT do mouth sweeps when someone is coughing under any circumstances.  Coughing IS NOT choking.  In fact, coughing is good.  Coughing means you are 1. Getting air in and out and 2. your body is working to fix the problem on its own.  Performing anything on this person increases their risk of choking (i.e a finger sweep could disldoge the piece that coughing had moved and it could actually cause choking).  If someone is coughing, let them cough and keep an eye on them.  Don't let them lay down.  [/quote]

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