Question

1. Which of the following is NOT appropriate when helping an infant who is choking?

a. Placing the infant face down

b. Remove clothing from infant's chest

c. Abdominal thrusts

d. The rescuer should not interfere with the infant's own attempts to expel a foreign body if the airway obstruction is mild.

2. You arrive at the scene of a motor vehicle collision with a pedestrian. The scene appears safe. You check the victim for responsiveness and look at his chest for movement. He is not responsive and does not appear to be breathing normally. You send a bystander to call 911. What do you do next?

a. Check for a pulse.

b. Give 2 rescue breaths.

c. Begin chest compressions.

d. Look for a medical alert bracelet.

3. What statement is true about the amount of time it should take for you to check a victim’s pulse?

a. A minimum of 10 seconds

b. A maximum of 10 seconds

c. A maximum of 5 seconds

d. None of the above

Answer 1

Ans) 1. b Remove clothing from infant's chest

Explaination:

This is not the step to be followed.

- The management of the choking child remains unaltered from 2010 and the sequence of reversing partial or complete obstruction of the airways is the same. Back blows, chest thrusts and abdominal thrusts all increase intra-thoracic pressure and can expel foreign bodies from the airway. In half of the episodes documented with airway obstruction, more than one technique was needed to relieve the obstruction. There are no data to indicate which technique should be used first or in which order they should be applied. If one is unsuccessful, try the others in rotation until the object is cleared.
- When a foreign body enters the airway the child reacts immediately by coughing in an attempt to expel it. A spontaneous cough is likely to be more effective and safer than any manoeuvre a rescuer might perform. However, if coughing is absent or ineffective, and the object completely obstructs the airway, the child will become asphyxiated rapidly. Active interventions to relieve choking are therefore required only when coughing becomes ineffective, but they then must be commenced rapidly and confidently.

2) a. Check for a pulse

Explaination:

- Call or tell someone to call 911 after that next step is to check the person's airway, breathing, and pulse (carotid) for less than 10 seconds frequently. If necessary, begin CPR.

3) b. A maximum of 10 seconds

Explaination:

- To check if a person is still breathing: look to see if their chest is rising and falling. listen over their mouth and nose for breathing sounds. feel their breath against your cheek for maximum of 10 seconds.