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Foreign Body, Swallowed Learning Center

Treatments could include:
Any child who may have inhaled an object should be seen by a doctor. Children with obvious breathing trouble may have a total airway blockage that requires emergency medical attention.
Source:ADAM
Date:January 8, 2009
The Heimlich maneuver is an emergency technique for removing a foreign object lodged in the airway that is preventing a child or an adult from breathing.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
The Heimlich maneuver is an emergency technique for preventing suffocation when a person's airway (windpipe) becomes blocked by a piece of food or other object. See also: Choking (for conscious infant under 1 year; Choking (for conscious adult or ...
Source:ADAM
Date:July 8, 2009
The Heimlich maneuver is an emergency procedure for removing a foreign object lodged in the airway that is preventing a person from breathing.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
The Heimlich maneuver is an emergency procedure for removing a foreign object lodged in the airway that is preventing a person from breathing.
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
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