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First is assessment: * Are they choking? * Are they cyanotic, pale, diaphoretic (which implies a heart attack). * Pains in back or arm? Clutching their chest with a fist? (also heart attack). All these are a 911 call. If it's not those, how about these?: * Have they just completed extreme physical exertion? (Leave em alone and let em catch their breath). * Are they emotinally distraught? (See if they can relax on their own). * Do they seem to be hyperventilating? (Breathing super duper fast (40+ per minute) but otherwise seem okay? With hyperventilation, you can try the venerable "let em breathe into a paper bag" trick (assuming you carry paper bags around), so they can catch up on CO2 content. The truth is I don't like this method though, and I don't personally trust it. Given time, hyperventilation will stop on its own just fine, one way or another. I've never heard of a death from hyperventilation. I'm happy to let things take their course instead of making the wrong call and interfering with their O2 uptake when they need it most. All through this, you need to be watching for the situation to get more acute. If they develop a blocked airway, stop breathing, suffer a heart attack, your whole plan changes and you need to move with it.

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