What’s the
word?
That’s the
word!
Directions:
Rearrange the jumbled
letters to form the
correct word.
KHCOING
CHOKING
CABK WLBOS
BACK BLOWS
BIROUDT AMHNSTLA
ABDOMINAL
THRUSTS
HTSEC RHTSUTS
CHEST THRUSTS
GCNOUIGH
COUGHING
GIBCLNOK
BLOCKING
TAEDH
DEATH
SOLS FO SCNENCSOIU
LOSS OF
CONSCIOUSNESS
BCUTRSOT
OBSTRUCT
ERCUSRE
RESCUER
First Aid
for
Choking
Objectives:
Explain the signs and symptoms
of choking in adults, children, and
infants.
Demonstrate the proper first aid
techniques for responding to a
choking emergency.
Show confidence and
readiness to respond to
a choking emergency.
Choking is when a person can't speak,
cough, or breathe because something
is blocking (obstructing) the airway.
No air can get through. If the airway
stays blocked, it can lead to a loss of
consciousness and death.
One for all!
All for one!
✓ For this activity, the class will be
divided into five groups, each
assigned a specific topic related to
choking.
✓ Discuss & Prepare – Each group will
have 15 minutes to discuss their
assigned topic. Take notes and
ensure everyone understands the key
points.
✓ Presentation – After the discussion,
each group will have 3 minutes to
present their topic to the class. Be
clear, concise, and engaging.
Topics:
• Group 1: Identify and explain the signs and symptoms of
choking in adults.
• Group 2: Identify and explain the signs and symptoms of
choking in infants.
• Group 3: Share practical tips on how to prevent choking in
adults.
• Group 4: Share practical tips on how to prevent choking in
infants.
• Group 5: Demonstrate the correct first aid techniques for
choking in adults and infants.
Signs and
Symptoms of
Choking
1. Mild (Partial) Choking
The airway is partially blocked, allowing some air to pass
through. The person may:
• Cough forcefully (a sign that they can still breathe)
• Wheeze or make high-pitched noises while inhaling
• Have difficulty speaking but can still make some sounds
• Hold their throat (universal choking sign)
• Show signs of panic or distress
Encourage the person to keep coughing to try and clear
the obstruction.
2. Severe (Complete) Choking
The airway is fully blocked, preventing breathing. The person
may:
• Be unable to speak, cough, or breathe
• Clutch their throat in distress
• Turn blue (cyanosis) due to lack of oxygen
• Appear panicked or confused
• Lose consciousness if not treated immediately
Immediate intervention is required, such as performing
the Heimlich maneuver (abdominal thrusts) or back blows
(for infants).
How can we
prevent
choking in
adults?
You can prevent choking in
adults with these safety
measures:
• Cut food into small pieces.
• Chew food slowly and thoroughly,
especially if wearing dentures.
You can prevent choking in adults
with these safety measures:
• Don't laugh and talk while chewing
and swallowing.
• Don't drink lots of alcohol before and
during meals.
You can prevent choking in children
with these safety measures:
• Keep marbles, beads, thumbtacks, latex
balloons, coins, and other small toys and
objects out of reach, particularly in
children younger than 4 years old.
You can prevent choking in children
with these safety measures:
• Prevent children from walking,
running, or playing when they have
food and toys in their mouth.
• Don't feed children younger than age 4 foods that
can easily get lodged in the throat. This includes
hot dogs, nuts, chunks of meat or cheese, grapes,
hard or sticky candy, popcorn, chunks of peanut
butter, or raw carrots.
• Supervise mealtimes with young children.
• Prevent older siblings from giving a dangerous food
or toy to a young child.
What is the
advised first aid
technique for
choking?
What is the advised first aid technique for choking?
• A series of back blows and under-the-diaphragm
abdominal thrusts are advised for adults and children over
age one year who are choking on a piece of food or a foreign
object and are conscious.
• When applying the abdominal thrusts, be careful not to use
too much force so you don't damage the ribs or internal
organs.
• If the person is unconscious, use chest compressions.
• First, perform a series of 5
back blows.
• If you are able, gently lean the
person forward so their upper
body is parallel with the ground.
Use one arm across the person's
chest for support. If the person is
a child, kneel down behind them.
• Use the heel of your free hand
to give 5 quick thumps (back
blows) between the person's
shoulder blades.
• Then perform 5 abdominal thrusts.
Abdominal thrusts lift the diaphragm.
They force enough air from the lungs
to create an artificial cough. This
cough helps move air through the
windpipe, pushing and expelling the
obstruction out of the airway and
mouth:
• Reach around the person's waist.
• Position one clenched fist above the
navel (belly button) and below the rib
cage.
• Grasp your fist with your other hand. Pull
the clenched fist sharply and directly
backward and upward under the rib cage 5
times quickly.
• If the person is obese or in late pregnancy,
give chest thrusts.
• Keep doing back blows and abdominal
thrusts without stopping until the
obstruction is relieved, the person becomes
unconscious, or advanced life support is
available. In either case, the person should
be examined by a healthcare provider as soon
as possible.
• If you are by yourself and choking,
you can do thrusts on yourself. Or
you can thrust your upper
abdomen against the back of a
chair or the edge of a counter.
• To minimize possible harm, back
blows and abdominal thrusts
should only be used in actual
emergencies when it is sure that
the person is choking. Use this
method only in adults and children
over 1 year old.
Choking
Baby
What are
the signs
that the
baby is
choking?
Signs a baby is choking include
• distress,
• coughing,
• gagging,
• noisy breathing,
• struggling to breath,
• no sounds,
• paleness,
• changing colour in the
face, and
• loss of consciousness.
• Babies can choke on
anything smaller than a
20-cent piece.
• Keep small objects out
of reach.
• Check the floor by
getting down to your
baby’s height and
looking around.
• Always supervise babies
while they’re eating solid
food.
• Keep food pieces small.
• Cook, grate or mash
hard food like hard
fruits and vegetables.
• Avoid whole nuts and
other hard foods.
• Always follow the age
recommendations on toys.
• Avoid toys with small
parts, breakable parts,
brittle surfaces or button
batteries.
• Check toys for exposed
stuffing and loose screws
and buttons.
• Lay baby down on your
forearm or thigh.
• With the heel of your hand,
give a firm back blow between
the shoulder blades.
• Give up to 5 back blows.
• Look in baby’s mouth
between each blow to check
whether the blockage has
cleared.
• If the blockage has come
loose and you can see it in
baby’s mouth, remove the
object with your little finger.
• Put baby into the recovery
position on their side with
their head tilted down.
• Stay with baby until
emergency help arrives.
ADULT/CHILDREN
• 5 Back blows (between shoulder blades)
• 5 Abdominal thrusts (just above the
person's navel (belly button).
INFANT
• 5 Back blows (between shoulder blades)
• 5 Chest thrusts (two fingers in the middle of
their chest just below the nipples.)
STEPS IN RESCUING SOMEONE WHO IS CHOKING
ADULT/CHILDREN
• Check the scene for safety.
• Introduce oneself. (I am “state your name”, a trained rescuer, may I
help you?
• Ask patient the following questions:
• Are you choking?
• Can you breath?
• Can you speak?
• Can you cough?
• Give 5 Back blows (between shoulder blades)
• Give 5 Abdominal thrusts (just above the person's navel (belly
button).
• Continue giving 5 back blows and 5 abdominal thrusts alternately
until patient is relieved.
STEPS IN RESCUING SOMEONE WHO IS CHOKING
INFANTS
• Check the scene for safety.
• Introduce oneself. (I am “state your name”, a trained
rescuer, may I help you?
• Ask what happened
• Give 5 back blows
• Give 5 chest thrusts
• Continue giving 5 back blows and 5 abdominal
thrusts alternately until patient is relieved.
• Put baby into the recovery position on their side with
their head tilted down.
The End!