AirwayEmergencies

Question 1

When someone is choking…

Answer 1

Air way is blocked.

Question 2

Symptoms of choking

Answer 2

Difficulty in breathing, speaking or coughing.

Red puffy face

Pointing to throat

Question 3

What to do for a choking adult/child.

Answer 3

1) Ask if they are choking so that if they can speak it might clear their throat p.
2)Encourage them to cough obstruction out.
3) Give 5 sharp back blows.
4) squeeze it out using abdominal thrusts.
5) Dial 999 and repeat steps 3/4

Question 4

How to give back blows

Answer 4

1) Help them lean forwards with one supporting arm under their body.
2) Use other hand to give them five back blows between shoulder blades
3) Check if anything is in their mouth

Question 5

Which part of the hand do you use when giving back blows.

Answer 5

Heel

Question 6

How to do abdominal thrusts.

Answer 6

1) Stand behind them and put your hands around their waist.
2) Place one hand in a fist between their belly button and the bottom of their chest.
3)with your other hand, grasp your fist and pull sharply inwards 5 times.
4)check their mouth after each thrust.

Question 7

Symptoms of a choking baby

Answer 7

-unable to breathe, cry or cough
-distress

Question 8

What to do for choking baby

Answer 8

1)Lay the baby down along your forearm and thigh face down.
2)give 5 back blows
3) Turn baby over
4) Put 2 fingers on the centre of chest and give chest thrusts.
5) check mouth afternoon very thrust
6) if not clear call 999.

Question 9

Symptoms of Asthma

Answer 9

-difficulty breathing
-Coughing
-tight chest
-lack of speech
-hypoxia (grey blue tinge to lips/earlobes
-exhaustion

Question 10

What to do for an asthma attack

Answer 10

1) Reassure casualty
2) Ask them to take their dose of inhaler
3) If no inhaler call 999
4) sit them down
5)if they don’t improve within a few minutes, ask them to puff every 30 seconds
6)call 999 if severity increases