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Choking in Adults and children

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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.

a)

False

b)

True

2.

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.

a)

False

b)

True

3.

The first step in treating a choking victim is encouraging them to cough.

a)

False

b)

True

4.

Don’t slap a victim’s back, it could lodge the object in the victim’s

a)

False

b)

True

5.

How do you know a person needs assistance if they are choking?

a)

They can cough

b)

They can breath

c)

They cannont speak

6.

Before providing care to a victim who is choking, you should first ask them

a)

Are you choking?

b)

How did you choke?

c)

What happened?

d)

You need something to drink?

7.

How do you know someone is choking? Check all answers that apply to this question.

a)

they can cough

b)

They cannot breath

c)

They cannot talk

d)

They cannot cough

8.

What is the Universal sign of choking?

a)

A person holding their stomach

b)

A person screaming

c)

A person running

d)

A person putting their hands around their throat

9.

If a person cannot cough, breath or talk, you should?

a)

Cheer

b)

Leave the scene

c)

Provide care if they give consent

d)

Give chest compressions

10.

If a person is still choking after giving them 5 back blows, you shoud perform abdominal thrusts?

a)

Yes

b)

No

11.

When performing abdominal thrusts,you should make a fist with one hand and put the thumb side

a)

across the chest

b)

below the navel

c)

one inch above the navel

12.

How many back blows and chest thrusts should you do for a choking infant?

a)

five

b)

eight

c)

ten

d)

thirty

13.

Should you always support the infants neck when giving first aid for choking.

a)

Yes

b)

No

14.

If a conscious choking person can talk, breath or cough you should have the victim

a)

punch their stomach.

b)

keep on coughing.

c)

do back blows and abdominal thrusts to themselves.

15.

What part of you hand do you use to give back blows?

a)

Palm

b)

Fingers

c)

Heel of your hand

d)

Back of your hand

16.

If an adult or teenager is choking what should you do?

a)

Finger sweep the piece out

b)

Heimlich maneuver

c)

If they are coughing, preform back blows

d)

Standing behind the victim: two hand, upward thrusts, placed below the belly button.

17.
What is a symptom of SEVERE choking?
a)
They are able to speak
b)
They have wheezing and gagging
c)
They are coughing
d)
They cannot speak
18.

If a choking patient becomes unresponsive what should you do?

a)

Start CPR

b)

Continue with abdominal thrusts

c)

5 back blows and 5 chest thrusts

d)

None of the above

19.

Only do a finger sweep on an infant if you see the object that was lodged in their airway.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

Infant CPR consist of

a)

20 compressions & 20 breaths

b)

10 compressions and 5 breaths

c)

30 compressions & 2 breaths