Heimlich Maneuver Questions & Answers
Question 1: You recognize that a person is choking and ask if you can help. The person nods frantically. You send someone to call 911 and stand behind the victim. What is your next action?
Answer A: “Give chest thrusts”
Answer B: “Give back slaps”
Answer C: “Give chest compressions”
Answer D: “Give abdominal thrusts”
“d”
Question 2: You believe an infant is choking because he is conscious but not breathing, coughing, or moving air. You should:
Answer A: “Give 5 back blows followed by 5 chest thrusts and repeat until the object comes out or the baby becomes unconscious”
Answer B: “Give abdominal thrusts and repeat until the object comes out or the baby becomes unconscious”
Answer C: “Try to sweep the object out of the mouth with your pinky finger”
Answer D: “Give continuous back slaps until the object comes out”
“a”
Question 3: Choose the correct location for hand placement to perform abdominal thrusts on a choking adult.
Answer A: “Place the heel of one just above the navel (belly button)”
Answer B: “Place the thumb side of the fist just below the navel (belly button)”
Answer C: “Place the thumb side of the fist just above the navel (belly button) but below the ribs”
Answer D: “Place the palm side of the hand just above the navel (belly button) but below the ribs”
“c”
Question 4: Your neighbor runs to you panicked holding her 6-month-old boy. The baby is awake but turning blue around the mouth and nose. He looks like he is gagging but not making noise. He does not appear to be breathing. The parent says that the child was playing with older children and may have placed a marble in his mouth. What should you do next?
Answer A: “Take the child and begin CPR compressions while holding him in your arms. If the object does not come out, give back blows and chest thrusts.”
Answer B: “Take the child and attempt two rescue breaths. If they don’t go in, try two more rescue breaths.”
Answer C: “Send someone to call 911. Look in the child’s mouth. If you see an object, remove it. Try CPR for two minutes followed by a finger sweep.”
Answer D: “Send someone to call 911. Position the baby on your arm with his head down and begin 5 back blows/back slaps followed by 5 chest thrusts.”
“d”
Question 5: Your child is having a birthday party and some of the kids want to see who can fit the most grapes in their mouth at one time. One of the 8-year-old children begins choking on a grape. After some forceful coughing, she becomes silent with some gagging sounds but cannot move air in and out by herself. What would your next action be?
Answer A: “Begin chest thrusts and continue until the object comes out”
Answer B: “Look in the mouth. If you see the object sweep it out with your smallest finger”
Answer C: “Ask the child if she is okay. If she is unable to speak or breathe, begin abdominal thrusts until the object comes out or she becomes unconscious.”
Answer D: “Simply assure the child she is okay, call 911, and wait for help to arrive”
“c”
Question 6: You are in a restaurant and you see a commotion at the next table. A person is standing at the side of his table and looks panicked. He is gagging and leaning over with his hands on the table. He does not appear to be coughing or speaking. The scene is safe and you move toward the person. What is the first thing you should do?
Answer A: “Slap the person on the back 10 times and then call 911”
Answer B: “Lay the person on the floor and begin doing CPR compressions on the chest”
Answer C: “Ask the person if he is choking to see if he is able to respond verbally”
Answer D: “Assume the person is having a heart attack and call 911”
“c”
Question 7: As you are eating in a restaurant, your friend stands up and grasps his throat. You ask if he is choking. He cannot speak, cough, or breathe. What is your next action?
Answer A: “Call 911, stand behind the person and give abdominal thrusts”
Answer B: “Call 911 and give 30 chest thrusts”
Answer C: “Encourage the person to just try harder to cough”
Answer D: “Lay the victim down and give 30 chest compressions”
“a”
Question 8: Choose the correct location for hand placement to perform abdominal thrusts for a conscious, choking child.
Answer A: “Place the heel of one hand just above the navel (belly button)”
Answer B: “Place the thumb side of the fist just below the navel (belly button)”
Answer C: “Place the thumb side of the fist just above the navel (belly button) but below the ribs”
Answer D: “Place the palm side of one hand just above the navel (belly button) but below the ribs”
“c”