My DT1 has twice stopped breathing after falling over and bumping the back of his head. After the first time (back in the summer) I called 999 though he was OK by the time they arrived. He did it again yesterday afternoon, but came round as I was dialling.
He seems to go into shock after the bump, which seems to be no worse than a normal falling over and which he does a lot as he's quite intrepid! He cries in a very scared way, very urgently, and then when he gets to the end of the cry he doesn't take another breath. I've already picked him up by this time, and I rub his back and gently jiggle him and tell him to breath. Yesterday I blew on his face which seemed to remind him to breath. By this stage he was going grey and his eyes had half closed and had begun to flip back, and his head was lolling. I had dialled 999 and was just about to get through when he started breathing again and began to cry, so I stopped as I figured that as he was breathing I probably wouldn't need the paramedics. He breathed properly after that, but was very cuddly for half an hour afterwards as I kept an eye on him for concussion.
Other than doing a first aid course, are there any other things I can do to help him start breathing again (I have done first aid courses in the past so I remember a bit about CPR)? I'm fairly sure that this isn't particularly uncommon so any help would be very, very much appreciated as it's really scary when it happens (obviously!).
Thanks v!