Choking

Question 1

Four causes of an airway obstruction?

Answer 1

Tongue, fluid, edema (swelling), foreign body

Question 2

Narrowest part of a child’s airway?

Answer 2

Cricoid cartilage

Question 3

Best way to free a complete airway obstruction in a
conscious choking adult?

Answer 3

Abdominal thrusts. Back blows are for infants. Coughing is for a patient with only a partially obstructed airway. Magill forceps are used with unconscious patients when you can see the objects.

Question 4

You have just finished giving five abdominal trust to a choking victim when they becomes unresponsive, falling to the ground. You are unable to control the fall, but the victim is unresponsive and not breathing. How do you proceed?

Answer 4

Start CPR

Question 5

If someone is choking and they’re too large to get your hands around their abdomen, how should you proceed?

Answer 5

Provide chest thrusts while standing behind them.

Question 6

Choking infant

Answer 6

Five back blows followed by five chest thrusts.

Question 7

Device used to remove a visible airway obstruction.

Answer 7

Magill forceps

Question 8

Most effective method of relieving a complete airway obstruction in an adult?

Answer 8

Abdominal thrusts

Question 9

Your patient is visibly in distress, coughing, and they tell you they’re choking on a piece of chicken. How do you proceed?

Answer 9

Encourage them to continue coughing.