Question 1

How can I tell the difference between mild and severe choking?

Accepted Answer

Mild choking means the casualty can speak, cough and breathe and may clear the obstruction themselves if you encourage effective coughing and stay with them. Severe choking means they cannot cough effectively, cannot speak or are silent and obviously struggling to breathe, which requires immediate back blows and abdominal or chest thrusts and early 999 activation.

Question 2

How can I tell the difference between mild and severe choking?

Accepted Answer

Mild choking means the casualty can speak, cough and breathe and may clear the obstruction themselves if you encourage effective coughing and stay with them. Severe choking means they cannot cough effectively, cannot speak or are silent and obviously struggling to breathe, which requires immediate back blows and abdominal or chest thrusts and early 999 activation.

Question 3

How can I tell the difference between mild and severe choking?

Accepted Answer

Mild choking means the casualty can speak, cough and breathe and may clear the obstruction themselves if you encourage effective coughing and stay with them. Severe choking means they cannot cough effectively, cannot speak or are silent and obviously struggling to breathe, which requires immediate back blows and abdominal or chest thrusts and early 999 activation.

How can I tell the difference between mild and severe choking?

How can I tell the difference between mild and severe choking?

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