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Obstructed Airway Maneuver

Arrow of Light – 5th Grade

First Aid

Personal Safety

Required

Requirement 4

Obstructed Airway Maneuver

Arrow of Light – 5th Grade

First Aid

Personal Safety

Required

Requirement 4

Obstructed Airway Maneuver

Snapshot of Activity

Cub Scouts demonstrate how to perform the obstructed airway maneuver.

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Directions

Before the meeting:

Set up meeting space free of obstacles and allow for Cub Scouts to have room to move about.

During the meeting:

Explain to Cub Scouts they will be demonstrating the obstructed airway maneuver.
Demonstrate the obstructed airway maneuver on another adult.
- Give five back blows between the shoulder blades with the heel of your hand.
- If the object is not removed, give abdominal thrusts:
  - Position yourself behind the person and reach your arms around their waist.
  - Make a fist with one hand just above the person’s belly button. Cover the fist with your other hand.
  - Make a series of five quick thrusts inward and upward to force air from the lungs. (Pretend like you’re trying to pick the person up.)
- Alternate between abdominal thrusts and back blows until the object is dislodged, the person becomes unconscious, or medical help arrives.
Ask Cub Scouts to buddy up and practice on one another. Remind them to not give full abdominal thrusts or back blows.

Obstructed Airway Maneuver