AT CRUISE ONBOARD B757; CHILD GETS COIN LODGED IN HIS THROAT; CABIN ATTENDANTS TREATED AND PARAMEDICS MET ACFT AT DEST.

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1 HR AND 15 MINS BEFORE LNDG WE WERE PULLING OUR BEVERAGE CART FORWARD TO BEGIN AIR SVC WHEN WE HEARD AND SAW CALL LIGHTS IN THE XXL&R AREA. I WAS IN THE AFT GALLEY. I HEARD #5 FLT ATTENDANT PAGE FOR A MEDICAL DOCTOR. I QUICKLY WENT TO XXL&R AND SAW SHE WAS PERFORMING THE HEIMLICH MANEUVER. THE CHILD THREW UP ALREADY. WE COULD NOT DISLODGE THE COIN. WE; #5 FLT ATTENDANT AND I; HELD THE CHILD UPSIDE DOWN AND #5 FLT ATTENDANT GAVE THRUSTS TO HIS BACK. HE STILL WOULDN'T DISLODGE THE COIN. ALL ALONG THE CHILD WAS ABLE TO BREATHE AND TALK TO US. HE KEPT GAGGING TRYING TO GET RID OF THE COIN AND COMPLAINED HOW PAINFUL IT WAS. WE DECIDED THAT HE NEEDED TO RELAX AND CONCENTRATE ON BREATHING. WE SAT HIM DOWN. I WENT TO GET CRUSHED ICE FOR HIS MOUTH TO GET RID OF THE THROW-UP TASTE AND WE WANTED TO SEE IF HE COULD SWALLOW AND IF THE COIN WAS BLOCKING HIS THROAT. HE COULD SWALLOW THE ICE. WE KEPT HIM QUIET. THE #5 FLT ATTENDANT WAS IN CHARGE OF THE EMER. I OBSERVED AND MONITORED. WE HAD THE PARAMEDICS MEET THE FLT. THE CAPT CAME BACK AND TOLD THE CHILD TO GET ON HIS KNEES AND HANDS AND BE CALM.