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Question 8239

If an injured person has partially obstructed airways, what should you do first?

  1. Clear their mouth of foreign objects.
  2. Place the injured person in a semi-seated position.
  3. Perform mouth-to-mouth resuscitation on them.
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Correct answer: Clear their mouth of foreign objects.

First, you need to clear the passage for air. The head-tilt, chin-lift maneuver opens the airway and moves the tongue out of the way, since it often falls backward in an unconscious injured person. If you see an object in their mouth, remove it with your index finger bent into a hook, entering from one side and sweeping across to the other so you don't push it farther in. Mouth-to-mouth resuscitation comes afterward, if needed.

Manual IX. Primeros auxilios (DGT, 2026) · Manual IX. Primeros auxilios (DGT, 2026)