Chapter 4 First Aid & CPR

What care should you give to a conscious adult or child who is choking and is unable to cough, speak or breathe?

• give 2 slow rescue breaths

• Do a foreign object check/removal

• Give back blows and abdominal thrusts

• lower the person to the floor and open the airway

When giving care to a child who is conscious and choking, where should you position your fist to give abdominal thrusts?

• Just above the navel

• below the navel

• in the center of the breastbone

• on the rib cage

One sign of a breathing emergency in an infant is:

• Making a wheezing or high-pitched sound

• Sleeping with calm breathing

• Being awake and alert

• Breathing calmly and quietly

All of the following are signals of trouble breathing, EXCEPT?

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  Flushed, pale, ashen (gray) or bluish skin color

• a person laughing

• Slow or rapid breathing

• Agitation

How many back blows does one give to an choking infant?

• 2

• 3

• 7

• 5

If the person is too large or pregnant for you to wrap your arms around to give abdominal thrust what is a solution to help this choking victim?

• you cannot assist this choking victim

• a slap on the back

• chest thrust

• back blows

When giving chest thrusts to an infant, your fingers should be placed:

• on the stomach just below the belly button

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  just above the nipple line

• on the stomach above the belly button

• center of the chest

You notice that an individual looks panicked and cannot cough, speak, or breathe.  What life-threatening condition could the individual be experiencing?

• Choking

• Poisoning

• Shock

• Stroke

Care for a person who is unconscious and has a blocked airway includes:

• give chest compressions and look for an object between compressions and breaths

• look for an object between compressions and breaths

• give chest compressions

• press on the person's abdomen

You should call 911 if the person's breathing does not improve within a few hours.

• True

• False