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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 ...
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.
While a death rattle is a strong indication that someone is near death, [2] it can also be produced by other problems that cause interference with the swallowing reflex, such as brain injuries. [ 3 ] It is sometimes misinterpreted as the sound of the person choking to death or gargling .
Body-camera and dashcam video released this week by the Mansfield Police Department shows an officer give life-saving aid to a woman who was choking behind the wheel on Interstate 20 in North Texas.
Moments later, the train pulled into a station, and almost everyone got off the car, while Penny continued to choke Neely on the floor of the subway car for another five minutes and 53 seconds ...
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Treatment depends on how severe the patient's condition is and the cause of the obstruction. An illustration depicting the Heimlich maneuver on an adult and child. If the patient is choking on a foreign body, the Heimlich maneuver should be initiated. More invasive methods, such as intubation, may be necessary to secure the airway. In severe ...
A former U.S. Marine sergeant who used a chokehold to restrain Jordan Neely, a homeless man, on a New York City subway car was found not guilty of criminally negligent homicide on Monday in Neely ...