First Aid: CHoking

What is the first step you should take when helping someone that is choking?

• Immediately begin abdominal thrusts

• Do not help because you are not a trained professional

• Call for help and get consent from the person that is choking

• Ask them what it is they are choking on

When someone is choking, you must choose one technique to dislodge the object.

• TRUE

• FALSE

When an adult or child is choking, provide support by placing your hand on their __________ and tilting them towards the floor.

After obtaining consent, alternate between giving the person _ (how many?) back blows and abdominal thrusts.

When helping someone who is choking, which technique comes first?

• Back blows

• Abdominal thrusts

• Panicking

If a person loses consciousness, you should let them fall to the floor before jumping in to help.

• TRUE

• FALSE

If a child is choking, you should kneel behind them and administer the same steps as an adult.

• TRUE

• FALSE

If it is a child who is choking, you should administer aid with the ______ as you would an adult.

• More force

• The same force

• Less force

If an infant is choking, they should receive the same intervention as an adult.

• TRUE

• FALSE

How many of you have hear of the Heimlich maneuver?

• Yes, I have heard of it.

• I have heard if it, but do not know what it is.

• I have never heard of it.