- You walk into a room and see that the only other person in the room is standing with a scared look on his face. When he sees you, he quickly places his hand around the front part of his throat but doesn't say anything. What is happening?
Your answer:
The person is telling you that he is in shock
The person is telling you that he is feeling faint
The person is telling you that he is choking
The person is telling you that he has laryngitis and can't talk
- Before giving manual thrusts to a choking casualty, you should:
Your answer:
Check the casualty's pulse
Slap the casualty on his back
Determine if the casualty has good, poor, or no air exchange
- You are going to help a choking casualty cough up an object in his/her throat using manual thrusts. When is the chest thrust preferred over the abdominal thrust?
Your answer:
When you cannot reach around the casualty's waist
When the casualty is noticeably pregnant
When the casualty is lying down
Choices a and b above
Choices a, b, and c above
- A person with partial airway, blockage and poor air exchange is treated the same as a person with:
Your answer:
Complete airway blockage
Partial airway blockage and good air exchange
- You have placed your hands to give an abdominal thrust. The thrust is delivered using a:
Your answer:
Slow, steady inward and upward motion
Quick inward and upward motion
Slow, steady inward and downward motion
Quick inward and downward motion
- When performing a chest thrust, your hands should be centered:
Your answer:
Over the middle of the casualty's breastbone
Over the uppermost portion of the casualty's breastbone
Over the casualty's xiphoid process
Between the casualty's waist and rib cage