Choking Flashcards
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Which sign best indicates a SEVERE (complete) airway obstruction in an adult?
Answer: Inability to speak or make any sound
Inability to speak, cry, or make any sound indicates a complete airway obstruction requiring immediate intervention.
When delivering abdominal thrusts to a standing adult, your fist should be positioned:
Answer: Just above the navel and well below the xiphoid process
Proper fist placement is just above the navel and well below the tip of the xiphoid process to avoid injury to internal organs.
An obese patient is choking and you cannot wrap your arms around the abdomen effectively. You should:
Answer: Perform chest thrusts instead
Chest thrusts are the recommended alternative for patients whose girth prevents effective abdominal thrusts.
After successfully dislodging an object with the Heimlich maneuver, you should:
Answer: Recommend the patient be evaluated by medical personnel
Even after successful relief, the patient should be evaluated by medical personnel because abdominal thrusts can cause internal injuries.
During CPR on an unresponsive choking victim, when should you look for the foreign object?
Answer: Each time you open the airway to give breaths
Each time you open the airway to give breaths, look for the object and remove it only if you can see it clearly.
A child is choking and loses consciousness in your arms. You lower her to the ground. What do you do FIRST?
Answer: Call 911 or have a bystander call
Activating EMS (calling 911) should occur simultaneously with or immediately before beginning CPR when a child becomes unresponsive.
The 'universal sign' of choking is:
Answer: Clutching the throat with one or both hands
Clutching the throat with one or both hands is the universally recognized distress signal for choking.