How to know if someone is choking
How do you know when someone is choking?
When you can see their airway is blocked, or they are coughing and holding their hands around their neck, or non- responsive.
If the person can cough, speak, make noise. Should you do the Heimlich maneuver?
No you need to encourage them to cough it out.
If you don't help someone who is severely choking they can become______.
If you don't help someone who is severely choking they can become unresponsive.
What do you look for first if you see someone is choking?
First you need to see if they can make noise. If they can speak, cry, cough or breath, encourage them to cough it out, if they don't make any noise you know it is serious.
False, if you know the person cannot cough it out or communicate with you, you should always call 911.
True or False, if it is a mild blockage they can't cough it out by themselves.
False, if it is a mild blockage they can cough it out by themselves.
If you know the situation is serious and they aren’t responding or breathing, what do you do?
Call 911
Should you out your fingers in their mouth?
No they could bite you or it could make them choke even more.
What is happening when someone is choking?
It is when someone's airway can either be partly or fully blocked.