On scene at a school cafeteria, you are presented with a 9-year-old boy who attempted to eat a small plum whole. He is conscious with stridorous respirations and unable to cough when instructed to do so. His skin color is gray and cyanotic. Your immediate action would be to:

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Given the child's age, conscious state, and inability to cough with signs of severe airway obstruction (stridorous respirations, gray and cyanotic skin color), the immediate action should be to deliver five abdominal thrusts (Heimlich maneuver) to relieve the airway obstruction caused by the foreign body (the plum).

On Scene at a School Cafeteria, You Are Presented with a 9-Year-Old