Choking infant - Don't look in mouth at all?

[Lemon Bars]

I'm studying for the NCLEX-RN test. I've had multiple practice questions involving infants who are choking and I'm not answering them correctly. I know that "blind finger sweeps" are not to be done. I know that back blows and finger thrusts are used to dislodge objects. But are we not supposed to look in the patient's mouth at all to "visualize" the object? If I were to look in the infant's mouth, see one end of a hot dog piece or a toy and try to grab it and remove it, is this incorrect? I'm having a hard time with this concept. I think that I may have been trained to do this in a previous CPR course in the past and I'm having a hard time skipping the step of looking in the infant's mouth.

Can anyone help me understand this situation?

Also: "Clearing" the airway apparently means head tilt and jaw thrust type maneuvers not looking in the mouth for a foreign object?

[Sour Lemon]

I took AHA CPR for healthcare workers a week ago. We were taught it was ok to remove a visualized object, just not to do a blind finger sweep. Is your victim unconscious in the questions you're missing? As I recall, we're only instructed to look in the mouth after the loss of consciousness.

[chare]

From the Relief of FBAO section of the 2010 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care Science Pediatric Basic Life Support

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If the victim becomes unresponsive, start CPR with chest compressions (do not perform a pulse check). After 30 chest compressions, open the airway. If you see a foreign body, remove it but do not perform blind finger sweeps because they may push obstructing objects farther into the pharynx and may damage the oropharynx. Attempt to give 2 breaths and continue with cycles of chest compressions and ventilations until the object is expelled. After 2 minutes, if no one has already done so, activate the emergency response system.

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