• J Emerg Med · Jan 1984

    Case Reports

    Emergency treatment of foreign-body obstruction of the upper airway in children.

    • S H Abman, L L Fan, and E K Cotton.
    • J Emerg Med. 1984 Jan 1;2(1):7-12.

    AbstractRecently, the Committee of Accident and Poison Prevention of the American Academy of Pediatrics presented its recommendations regarding the emergency management of the choking child. Renewed interest was stimulated in the controversy regarding whether back blows, abdominal thrusts, or chest thrusts should be used in the initial treatment of foreign-body obstruction of the upper airway. Two cases exemplifying problems in patient management are presented as a basis of focusing on the current controversy. Review of the clinical and experimental data suggests that back blows, followed by either chest or abdominal thrusts, are a reasonable approach to emergency airway obstruction, but that this recommendation is based on limited evidence.

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