Foreign Body Airway Obstruction (adult)

Question 1

What are the 2 types of airway obstructions (and coughs)?

Answer 1

Severe (ineffective cough).

Mild (effective cough).

Question 2

What should you do with a patient with a mild airway obstruction?

Answer 2

Encourage cough.

Continue to check for deterioration to ineffective cough or until obstruction relieved.

Question 3

What should you do with a patient with a severe airway obstruction?

Answer 3

Conscious : 5 back blows, 5 abdominal thrusts.

Unconscious : start CPR

Question 4

What is the first thing you do with a choking patient?

Answer 4

Assess severity

Question 5

What kind of cough is presented with mild airway obstruction?

Answer 5

effective cough

Question 6

What kind of airway obstruction is presented with an ineffective cough ?

Answer 6

Severe