A nurse is assisting an obese client with a total airway obstruction caused by a large piece of food. Which of the following actions should the nurse take to relieve the client's obstruction?
A) Give five back blows.
B) Give five subdiaphragmatic thrusts.
C) Give a chest thrust with two fingers.
D) Give five chest thrusts.
B
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For all people older than 1 year, the rescuer gives a series of five quick subdiaphragmatic (abdominal) upward thrusts slightly above the navel. These guidelines do not differ based on whether the client is obese. Nurses give chest thrusts with two fingers to infants along with alternating back blows.
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