What do you do if someone is consciously choking?

Answer 1

If you encounter a conscious, choking individual that is coughing, encourage continued coughing. If the victim is unable to cough, speak, or breathe, complete the following:

• Send someone to call 9-1-1
• Lean person forward and give 5 back blows with heel of your hand.
• Give 5 quick abdominal thrusts by placing the thumbside of your fist against the middle of the victim's abdomen, just above the navel. Grab your fist with the other hand.
• Repeat until the object the person is choking on is forced out and person breathes or coughs on his or her own.