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2. Choking - Wikipedia

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   Some population groups have a higher risk of choking, such as the elderly, persons with disabilities (physically or mentally), people under the effects of alcohol or drugs, people who have taken medications that reduce the ability to salivate or react, patients with difficulties in swallowing , suicidal individuals, people with epilepsy, and ...

3. Foreign body aspiration - Wikipedia

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   Regardless of the type of object, any aspiration can be a life-threatening situation and requires timely recognition and action to minimize risk of complications. [3] While advances have been made in management of this condition leading to significantly improved clinical outcomes, there were still 2,700 deaths resulting from foreign body ...

4. Airway obstruction - Wikipedia

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   The causes of upper airway obstructions can be acute or chronic. Acute causes of upper airway obstruction include foreign body aspiration, blunt trauma to the neck, infection, and swelling due to allergies or other inflammatory conditions. [3] In children, viral infections such as croup or epiglottitis are frequent causes. [4]

5. Aspiration pneumonia - Wikipedia

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   After falls, choking on food presents as the second highest cause of preventable death in aged care. [30] Although food choking risk is commonly associated with young children, data shows that individuals over 65 years of age have a choking incidence that is seven times higher than children aged 1–4 years. [30]

6. Accidental falls are a leading cause of injury or even ... - AOL

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   Per the CDC, over 14 million people in that age group, or 1 in 4 seniors, report experiencing falls each year. The age-adjusted death rate from falls increased in 2021 to 78 per 100,000 older ...

7. Pseudodysphagia - Wikipedia

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   The act of swallowing becomes mentally linked with choking or with reduced capacity of the opening of the throat. Pseudodysphagia has a tendency to evolve progressively, as the patient becomes more and more preoccupied with the idea that swallowing will lead to choking, until this anxiety becomes a constant sensation whenever food is being ...

8. Texas teacher takes action to save choking student - AOL

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   The student was choking on the lid of a plastic water bottle, but Carly Lovelace immediately began performing the Heimlich maneuver. Texas teacher takes action to save choking student [Video] Skip ...

9. Two managers at a Bluffton restaurant save a choking woman ...

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   Two managers of Truffles Bluffton restaurant jumped into action and used their training to save a guest from choking Saturday. During a brief lull in between lunch and a busy dinner rush a ...