A first-time mother whose 11-month-old baby died is spearheading a campaign to make other parents aware of what to do when a child chokes.

Amber Revell, 27, was left with the heartbreaking decision to turn off her baby son Henry’s life support machine after he suffered severe brain damage in February.

Henry stopped breathing after choking on baby food.

Miss Revell has vowed to do all she can to educate other parents about how to keep their children safe.

She said: “We’ll never get over what happened, but if something good can come out of it then that would at least be something.

“Most parents wouldn’t have a clue how to deal with a choking child.”

Henry was born with an anatomical defect which meant he was unable to swallow properly.

After a successful operation at 36 hours old his parents were simply told to take extra care when feeding him.

But in February the little boy was being fed by his father, Andy Legg, 35, when he began struggling to breathe.

Mr Legg, a carpenter, told an inquest in Maidstone: “He’d been fine, sitting there smiling. I gave him a jar of baby food lasagne and he’d had four of five mouthfuls when I could see he couldn’t get his breath. I kept trying to bang his back and then phoned for the ambulance. The operator told me to do mouth to mouth and try to dislodge it.”

Henry’s heart stopped and he was taken to Maidstone Hospital by ambulance.

By the time doctors managed to get his heart started his brain had been starved of oxygen for at least 30 minutes.

A day later he was transferred to the specialist Evelina Children’s Hospital in London, where his parents were told he was unlikely to survive.

Miss Revell, whose family are from East Farleigh, near Maidstone, added: “We were able to stay with him while he died but no parent should ever have to go through that."

Emma Burns, spokeswoman for the West Kent Primary Care Trust, said: “It would be brilliant to work with her to make a health video for new parents and it’s fantastic that she wants to use something from such an appalling tragedy to help other people.”

At the inquest Roger Sykes, coroner for mid Kent and Medway, recorded a verdict of accidental death.