Hyperventilation and anaphylactic shock alike

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1. Which of the following is a sign of respiratory distress?

a. Gasping for air

b. Breathing that is slower than normal

c. Wheezing

d. All of the above

2. How are asthma, hyperventilation and anaphylactic shock alike?

a. They require rescue breaths

b. They are forms of respiratory distress

c. They are always life threatening

d. They occur only in children and infants.

3. Care for people in respiratory distress always includes which of the following?

a. Encouraging the person to sit down and lean forward

b. Giving the person water to drink

c. Giving rescue breaths

d. They occur only in children and infants. d. Delivering abdominal thrusts

4. While eating dinner, a friend suddenly grabs their throat and appears to be trying to cough without success. What should you do after getting consent?

a. Lower the person to the floor, check for and remove an object if it is visible at the back of the throat, give 2 breaths and up to 5 abdominal thrusts.

b. Give back blows and abdominal thrusts until the object is dislodged or the person becomes unresponsive.

c. Encourage the person to continue coughing to try to dislodge the object.

d. Open the airway using the head-tilt/chin-lift maneuver.

5. A woman is choking on a piece of candy but is awake and coughing forcefully. What should you do?

a. Slap the woman on the back until the object is coughed up.

b. Give abdominal thrusts.

c. Encourage the woman to continue coughing.

d. Perform a check at the back of the throat.

6. What should you do for an infant who is awake and choking but who cannot cry, cough or breathe?

a. Give back blows and chest thrusts.

b. Give 1 rescue breath.

c. Give abdominal thrusts.

d. Lower the infant to the floor and open the airway.

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