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Treatments could include:
  • Tracheoscopy to Remove Object

Treatments Overview Articles

Foreign object - inhaled or swallowed
FOR INHALED OBJECTAny 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

Specific Treatments Articles

Choking and the Heimlich Maneuver
Detailed information on choking, choking prevention, and the Heimlick maneuver Choking, which is caused by food or another foreign object becoming lodged in the throat, or airway, accounts for nearly 4,300 deaths each year. Choking prevents oxygen from getting to the lungs and the brain. Lack of oxygen to the brain for more than four minutes may result in brain damage or death. It is important for all persons to recognize and know how to handle choking both in the home and in restaurants and other public places. The Heimlich maneuver, an emergency procedure used to treat choking victims, is responsible for saving thousands of lives each year.
Source:StayWell
Heimlich Maneuver
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.The Heimlich maneuver is used when a person is choking on a foreign object to the extent that ...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Children's Health
Heimlich maneuver
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.
Source:ADAM
Date:October 1, 2008
Heimlich Maneuver
The Heimlich maneuver is an emergency procedure for removing a foreign object lodged in the airway that is preventing a person from breathing.Every year about 3,000 adults die because they accidentally inhale rather than swallow food. The food get...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine
Heimlich Maneuver
The Heimlich maneuver is an emergency procedure for removing a foreign object lodged in the airway that is preventing a person from breathing.Each year, approximately 3,000 adults die in the United States because they accidentally inhale rather th...
Source:Gale Encyclopedia of Nursing and Allied Health
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