Table 4 Final assessment instrument items for Foreign Body Airway Obstruction Management
Foreign Body Airway Obstruction management | |
|---|---|
Item | Description |
Identify different stages of foreign body airway obstruction | Distinguish effective and ineffective cough |
Identify consciousness | Recognize unresponsiveness |
Call for help | Recognize need for help and alert surroundings |
Back blows | Provide high quality back blows with adequate force and correct place of impact |
Chest thrusts /abdominal thrusts according to age | Provide high quality chest thrust or abdominal thrust according to age |
Identify loss of consciousness and change to CPR | Recognize changes in condition and act appropriately |
Assessment of breathing | Assess breathing and recognize respiratory arrest or abnormal breathing requiring ventilator support |
Ventilation | Provide high quality ventilations if patient stops breathing with adequate chest rise |