Which should the nurse include in a teaching session for the mother of a 3-year-old client who is concerned about her child choking?
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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Explanation:
1. The method of cardiac compressions and rescue breathing is not the first thing that the mother needs to know.
2. This is the treatment for a choking infant, not a child.
3. Giving abdominal thrusts is the correct intervention for a choking child.
4. The mother should respond to the choking child before the child loses consciousness.
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