Choking
How to help someone who is choking.
Learning objectives
- Learn how to recognise when someone is choking
- Learn the key action to help when someone is choking
- Practise applying the key action to a known situation in a role play
- Share something creative to inform others how they can help someone who is choking
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Take action: If someone is choking, hit them on the back.
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First aid for someone who is choking
Step 1
If somebody is choking tell them to try to cough. They may be holding their chest or neck.
Step 2
If they can't speak, breathe or cough, bend them forwards and hit them with a flat hand hard on the back between the shoulder blades up to five times.
Step 3
If they are still choking tell an adult and call 999. Keep hitting them on the back until they can breathe again, or until help arrives.
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Learn
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Practise
Use these resources to help children practice helping someone who is choking
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Choking – practise role-play card
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