The action you should take is to do what you can to help her by squeezing her belly to get the stuff out of her throat or call a neighbor even though I don't think there is time for that.
Is that personal or something in health class?
It all depend of ehat type of exercise you are doing, if it is a rough; hard workout you may have heavy breathing, or light;easy you breathing will not be as rough. It also depend on how yoy can control your breath.