Choking Emergency Quiz

What should you do if someone starts choking?

• Slap their back

• Administer CPR

• Give them a glass of water

• Determine if they are really choking

How can you determine if the airway obstruction is partial or total?

• If the person is standing straight up

• If the person is unconscious

• If the person is drinking water

• If the person can still speak, cough, or cry out

What is the right thing to do if the blockage is partial?

• Give them a glass of water

• Administer CPR

• Slap their back

• Encourage the person to cough

What should you do if the person can't cough?

• Slap their back

• Administer CPR

• Perform the Heimlich maneuver

• Give them a glass of water

How should you modify the Heimlich maneuver for pregnant women and obese people?

• Use your fists for thrusts

• Slap their back

• Administer CPR immediately

• Press the chest really hard with quick thrusts

What is the right thing to do if you are choking and there is no one around to help?

• Administer CPR to yourself

• Start coughing and then perform the Heimlich maneuver on yourself

• Stand straight up and hit yourself on the chest

• Panic and try to breathe through your nose

How should you help a choking infant?

• Perform the Heimlich maneuver

• Lay the infant on their stomach

• Make five quick blows between the infant's shoulder blades

• Administer CPR

What should you do if a dog is choking?

• Give it a few minutes to try and cough it out

• Administer CPR immediately

• Slap its back

• Perform the Heimlich maneuver

What is the wrong thing to do when someone is choking?

• Encourage them to cough

• Tilt the person foward

• Give them a glass of water

• Administer CPR

How should you help an unconscious child who is choking?

• Tilt the head back and remove the object with your fingers

• Administer CPR immediately

• Lay the child on their stomach

• Let them sleep