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First Aid - Swallowing, Difficulties - Study #1        Online Dictionary


Q1) Inability to swallow solids, liquids, or both can provide clues about the underlying cause of __?__.

Q2) Name the signs and symptoms which indicate swallowing difficulties?

Q3) Entry of swallowed material into the airway is called __?__.

Q4) If a person is having difficulty breathing, is choking, or has stopped breathing, call for emergency help immediately. True or False?

Q5) If a person is choking, perform first aid for choking; if a person stops breathing, perform __?__.

Q6) Any sudden deterioration of stable dysphagia needs immediate medical attention. Or if the patient is unable to swallow saliva immediate medical attention is warranted. True or False?

Q7) The swallowing process begins in the mouth and ends when food or liquids arrive in the stomach; __?__ may result from conditions that affect at any point along this path.

Q8) Up to _?_% of nursing home residents are affected by the condition/dysphagia.

Q9) Choking caused by foreign body airway obstruction accounts for about __?__ deaths each year. (United States)

Q10) Choking: if the victim CANNOT speak, cough, or breathe, give subdiaphragmatic abdominal thrusts (the Heimlich maneuver) until the foreign body is __?__ .