Dr Grace Arteaga, a pediatrician at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, said parents should hold babies face down on their lap or a surface and repeatedly pat their back firmly until the blockage is dislodged.
Niko Nesbeth, a Marine veteran, and his partner Joey Madrigal were working at the 76 gas station on May 26 when a panic-stricken mother screamed for help with her choking baby.