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  2. Choking - Wikipedia

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    Sausages are a particularly dangerous food for choking, and may require being cut into small pieces. Choking usually happens by swallowing mouthfuls that are too large or too abundant, and have been badly chewed. To reduce this risk, food is split into pieces of a moderate size, and chewed thoroughly before swallowing.

  3. Choking emergency? How to do the Heimlich maneuver - AOL

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    "Cut children’s food into small pieces before they eat," she recommended. "Keep choking hazards out of children’s reach, keep a close eye on your child while they eat and supervise play time."

  4. Foreign body aspiration - Wikipedia

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    Foreign body aspiration occurs when a foreign body enters the airway which can cause difficulty breathing or choking. [1] Objects may reach the respiratory tract and the digestive tract from the mouth and nose, but when an object enters the respiratory tract it is termed aspiration.

  5. Strychnine poisoning - Wikipedia

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    There is no antidote for strychnine poisoning. [5] Strychnine poisoning demands aggressive management with early control of muscle spasms, intubation for loss of airway control, toxin removal (decontamination), intravenous hydration and potentially active cooling efforts in the context of hyperthermia as well as hemodialysis in kidney failure (strychnine has not been shown to be removed by ...

  6. 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 ...

  7. Patient dies after hospital asks wrong family whether to pull ...

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    A hospital patient died after being taken off life support when staff mistakenly asked the wrong family if they wanted to pull the plug, according to a lawsuit.

  8. Steak has many nutrients, but here's why you should avoid ...

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    Chuck meat is tougher while the pricier cuts are more tender. Regardless of which part of the animal it comes from, steak is usually prepared to order, determined by the internal temperature of ...

  9. Water intoxication - Wikipedia

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    March 11, 2020: Zachary Sabin, an 11-year-old child, died after being forced to drink almost three liters of water in just four hours by his parents. They thought his urine was too dark, so they made him drink water until he threw up. [26] A 2022 study proposed that martial-arts actor Bruce Lee's death in 1973 was due to water poisoning. [27]