On scene at a school cafeteria, you are presented with a 11-year-old boy who attempted to eat a small plum whole. He is conscious with stridorous respirations and unable to cough when instructed to do so. His skin color is gray and cyanotic. What would your immediate action be?

A) Deliver five abdominal thrusts
B) Provide positive pressure ventilation
C) Place an oral pharyngeal airway
D) Check for radial and carotid pulses


A) Deliver five abdominal thrusts

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