BLS for Healthcare CPR/AED and First Aid Combo Course Online Certification

chapter 11 : Choking: Adult And Child

If an adult or child is choking, they may use the universal choking sign. This is when one
holds the neck with one or both hands

Video Demonstration

Choking Adult and Child

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1. If a person is choking, ask “Are you choking?” If the person nods or is unable to
   breathe or respond, tell the person that you are trained in CPR and that you are going
   to help.
2. Stand or kneel behind the person.
3. Make a fist with one hand and place it on the person’s abdomen just above the belly
   button.
4. Grab your fist with the other hand and give quick, upward abdominal thrusts.
5. Continue abdominal thrusts until the object is dislodged and the person can breathe or
   cough forcefully, OR person becomes unconscious.
6. For pregnant women or someone too large for you, give chest thrusts instead of abdominal
   thrusts.
7. If an adult or child becomes unconscious, follow the steps to perform adult / child CPR.