A mother of a three-year-old tells the nurse that her child often puts small toys in his mouth and she is concerned about choking. She asks the nurse what she should do if the child chokes
In addition to recommending the mother take a CPR course, the best response by the nurse would be to: 1. Show the mother how to do cardiac compressions and rescue breathing.
2. Recommend the mother perform back blows and chest thrusts.
3. Teach the mother how to perform abdominal thrusts.
4. Tell the mother to do nothing until the child loses consciousness.
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Rationale 1: Cardiac compressions and rescue breathing is not the first thing that the mother needs to know.
Rationale 2: This is the treatment for a choking infant, not a child.
Rationale 3: Giving abdominal thrusts is the correct intervention for a choking child.
Rationale 4: The mother should respond to the choking child before the child loses consciousness.
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