ROLE-PLAY


[Students practice on child manikin.] • Students should be in groups of no more than 8 students per group.


• Students should be on their knees with the manikin in front of them. Be sure to check hand and arm position.


• Read each scenario to the students. Go through as many scenarios as you have time for. As students practice, call out each step of choking child rescue (steps 1-10 listed above).


• Students should encourage coughing and should not begin abdominal thrusts until after the Instructor announces effective coughing has stopped.


• Make sure that each scenario has a successful outcome. After each scenario is complete, ask the students:


– When do you start and stop abdominal thrusts? – How could you have prevented this?


Note to Instructor: How to correct technique errors that students often make


Spending time with each student during manikin practice is crucial to giving the students the confidence to actually use the technique in real life. Your role is to point out what they’re doing well and gently correct any technique error.


1. Thumb tucked inside fist Demonstrate thumb outside fist.


2. Knuckles facing out Demonstrate base knuckles (large knuckles where fingers join hand) facing up to head.


3. Fist placed too high or too low Place fist above belly button and well below lower tip of breastbone.


4. Forearms too high, touching ribs Forearms do not touch ribs.


5. Abdominal thrusts delivered too slowly (as a squeeze, not a cough) or too gently (weak, ineffective, not adequate to mimic a strong cough) Deliver quick forceful thrusts in an inward and upward direction.


UPDATED 2023


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