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Total questions: 7
Worksheet time: 4mins
As soon as you notice someone is choking, sweep your fingers through their mouth to try and dislodge the object. Choking victim is conscious and requesting help.
False
True
If you can’t see the object the victim is choking on, feel along the throat to see if you can locate where the object is caught.
False
True
The first step in treating a choking victim is encouraging them to cough.
False
True
Don’t slap a victim’s back, it could lodge the object in the victim’s
False
True
How many back slaps and abdominal trusts
2
5
10
How would you identify a casualty with a completely blocked airway
coughing
Hands clutched to the throat
talking
If the obstruction does not clear, what do you do?
Put them in the recovery position
Sit them down
Continue back slaps & trusts cycles until help arrives
