BLS Lesson 5: Obstructed Airway: Team
Response Scenario: Esther Clark Post-
Assessment Questions and Answers |
Latest Version | 2025/2026 | Correct &
Verified
What is the first step when responding to a choking victim in a team-based setting?
✔✔ Recognize the emergency and communicate with the team to assign roles.
How should rescuers respond if a choking victim is coughing forcefully?
✔✔ Encourage them to keep coughing and monitor closely.
What should be done if a conscious adult choking victim cannot cough, speak, or breathe?
✔✔ Perform abdominal thrusts until the object is expelled or the victim becomes unresponsive.
What is the proper hand placement for abdominal thrusts on a choking adult?
✔✔ Place the hands just above the navel and thrust inward and upward forcefully.
How should rescuers modify care for a choking victim who is pregnant or obese?
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, ✔✔ Perform chest thrusts instead of abdominal thrusts.
What should rescuers do if an adult choking victim becomes unresponsive?
✔✔ Lower them to the ground and begin CPR, starting with chest compressions.
How often should rescuers check the airway when performing CPR on a choking victim?
✔✔ Check the mouth for the object before giving breaths after each set of compressions.
Why is it important for rescuers to work as a team in an obstructed airway emergency?
✔✔ It improves efficiency, ensures proper care, and reduces responder fatigue.
What should be done if a choking infant cannot cry, cough, or breathe?
✔✔ Deliver five back blows followed by five chest thrusts.
How should an infant be positioned when performing back blows?
✔✔ Face-down, supported along the rescuer’s arm, with the head lower than the chest.
What is the correct technique for chest thrusts in an infant?
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Response Scenario: Esther Clark Post-
Assessment Questions and Answers |
Latest Version | 2025/2026 | Correct &
Verified
What is the first step when responding to a choking victim in a team-based setting?
✔✔ Recognize the emergency and communicate with the team to assign roles.
How should rescuers respond if a choking victim is coughing forcefully?
✔✔ Encourage them to keep coughing and monitor closely.
What should be done if a conscious adult choking victim cannot cough, speak, or breathe?
✔✔ Perform abdominal thrusts until the object is expelled or the victim becomes unresponsive.
What is the proper hand placement for abdominal thrusts on a choking adult?
✔✔ Place the hands just above the navel and thrust inward and upward forcefully.
How should rescuers modify care for a choking victim who is pregnant or obese?
1
, ✔✔ Perform chest thrusts instead of abdominal thrusts.
What should rescuers do if an adult choking victim becomes unresponsive?
✔✔ Lower them to the ground and begin CPR, starting with chest compressions.
How often should rescuers check the airway when performing CPR on a choking victim?
✔✔ Check the mouth for the object before giving breaths after each set of compressions.
Why is it important for rescuers to work as a team in an obstructed airway emergency?
✔✔ It improves efficiency, ensures proper care, and reduces responder fatigue.
What should be done if a choking infant cannot cry, cough, or breathe?
✔✔ Deliver five back blows followed by five chest thrusts.
How should an infant be positioned when performing back blows?
✔✔ Face-down, supported along the rescuer’s arm, with the head lower than the chest.
What is the correct technique for chest thrusts in an infant?
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