HOME FIRST AID
Choking Treatment (Adult & child)
Assess SEVERITY
Ask: Are you choking?
SEVERE MILD
Airway Obstruction
(Ineffective Cough) Airway Obstruction
(Effective Cough)
CONSCIOUS
Bend forward.
Encourage to cough.
UNCONSCIOUS
Look inside mouth
Start CPR
5 x Back Slap
5 x Abdominal
Slap
***Not for pregnant women
Encourage COUGH.
Continue to check for
ineffective cough or
relief of obstruction.
If the victim becomes
UNCONSCIOUS:
1. Support victim
carefully to the
ground;
2. Immediately call 999
for an ambulance;
3. Begin CPR (if the
victim is not
breathing normally).
If you haven’t received cardio-pulmonary resuscitation (CPR)
training, doctors recommend performing only chest compressions
(about 100 to 120 compressions a minute). The dispatcher can
instruct you in the proper procedures until help arrives.