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Choking Emergency Response

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# Choking Emergency Response
This playbook outlines the steps to assist a choking adult or child through back blows and abdominal thrusts, which are crucial actions to dislodge an obstruction in the airway.

### Step 1: Assess Situation
Check if the individual is able to speak, cough, or breathe, and confirm that they are actually choking.

### Step 2: Call for Help
If the individual is unable to cough, speak, or breathe, immediately call for emergency medical services or direct someone else to do so.

### Step 3: Back Blows
Stand behind the person and deliver five sharp back blows between the individual’s shoulder blades with the heel of your hand to dislodge the object.

### Step 4: Abdominal Thrusts
If back blows don&#x27;t work, perform abdominal thrusts (Heimlich Maneuver). Stand behind the person, wrap your arms around their waist, tilt their body forward, and give five quick and upward thrusts.

### Step 5: Repeat Steps
Continue alternating five back blows and five abdominal thrusts until the obstruction is dislodged or until the individual begins to cough forcefully, speak, or breathe.

### Step 6: Unresponsive Individual
If the person becomes unresponsive, begin CPR with chest compressions and rescue breaths. Check the mouth periodically for the obstruction and remove any visible objects.

## General Notes