If we have to perform mouth-to-mouth ventilations on an injured person, what is the first thing we will do?
A)Inspect the mouth for foreign bodies.Correct
B)Place the injured person in the recovery position.
C)Perform a jaw thrust on the injured person.
The first thing we will do before performing mouth-to-mouth ventilations is inspect the injured person's mouth for foreign bodies that may prevent the ventilations or cause the injured person to choke. We must also open the airways by performing the head-tilt/chin-lift manoeuvre (with one hand we slightly raise the chin and with the other we push the forehead back).