HLTH 325 - First Aid
                               Christopher Newport University
                             Conscious Choking Adult Skills Test


Name:                                            (Maximum of 5 points each)



                     Ask are you choking?


                     Determine status of choking


                     Tell victim you are going to help


                     Position yourself behind the victim 


                     Wrap your arms around the waist and locate the umbilicus


                     Place your fist over the umbilicus with your thumb up


                     SIMULATE separate thrusts (inward & upward simultaneously)


                     Continue until the object is expelled of the victim becomes unconscious
                     

Automatic Fail: (three conditions)

1)     You do not ask the victim if they are choking, or
2)     You do not properly locate the umbilicus,
3)     You do not have your hand in the correct location for the thrusts


                     Pass                               Fail