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Scenario games Adult choking: the café moment

Scenario practice

Adult choking: the café moment

Make the next safe move when an adult cannot speak or cough effectively, then respond if the person collapses.

Real emergency? Call Triple Zero (000) first.

Interactive practice

Adult choking: the café moment

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Help Jordan through a severe choking emergency. Tap the action you would take, see what changes, and try again after an unsafe choice.

Quick reference: In a real emergency, call Triple Zero (000), follow the call-taker and use the Australian severe-choking sequence: back blows, chest thrusts, then CPR if the person becomes unresponsive.

Why this matters

Remember the next step

In a real emergency, call Triple Zero (000), follow the call-taker and use the Australian severe-choking sequence: back blows, chest thrusts, then CPR if the person becomes unresponsive.

Read the full Adult choking guide ->

What you practise

Make the next move in a real café moment.

This short scenario is for parents, carers, café and workplace staff, sports coaches and anyone who may be first on scene. You practise recognising severe choking, directing a bystander to call 000, giving back blows, choosing chest thrusts, and starting CPR if the person becomes unresponsive.

Read the adult choking guideKeep the choking printable closeTry the child and infant scenario next
References and update notesAustralian first-aid guidance - August 2026

Independent practice activity. It does not replace emergency services or call-taker instructions.