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  2. Choking - Wikipedia

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    According to the American Heart Association, bronchoscopy is a reliable method used to visualize the cause of choking when not resolved via oxygen and supportive care. [23] Bronchoscopy also is a crucial tool in foreign body removal after supportive care has been provided and the person who is choking is stable. [24]

  3. 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.

  4. Doctors Share Lifesaving Steps to Take During a Medical Emergency

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    Choking. Choking on food or another object is among the top causes of preventable injury-related death, and bystander rescue can save lives. In a 2024 study of patients admitted to the ER with ...

  5. Airway obstruction - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  6. Video shows amazing moment choking boy saved by Illinois ...

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    Video from a Ring doorbell camera has captured the moment a neighbor saved a 7-year-old from choking in Illinois. In the video, a woman carrying her 7-year-old son named Sebastian walks up to the ...

  7. Food poisoning is extremely common. But that doesn't ... - AOL

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    Here's what causes food poisoning, when you should be worried and what can be done to prevent having to experience it in the first place. Food poisoning is extremely common. But that doesn't mean ...

  8. Foreign body aspiration - Wikipedia

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    If the foreign body does not cause a large degree of obstruction, patients may present with chronic cough, asymmetrical breath sounds on exam, or recurrent pneumonia of a specific lung lobe. [2] If the aspiration occurred weeks or even months ago, the object may lead to an obstructive pneumonia or even a lung abscess.

  9. WATCH: North Texas police officer uses Heimlich maneuver to ...

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    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.