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Measure content performance. Develop and improve products. List of Partners vendors. The terms choking and strangulation both refer to restriction of air in the trachea windpipe —the tube that connects the larynx voice box to the bronchi the large airways that branch off to enter each lung. However, each word describes a different mechanism by which air is restricted.
When a person is choking, some sort of foreign object inside the body is blocking airflow. When someone is being strangled, an outside force is exerting enough pressure to impede movement of air. The medical terminology for choking is foreign body airway obstruction. The most common cause of choking is food that gets stuck in the trachea.
Treatment for choking depends on the severity of the situation—for instance, mild choking may be resolved by encouraging the person to cough forcefully. Severe choking—when the person can't speak, cry, cough, or breathe—is best treated by giving five sharp blows between the person's shoulder blades with the heel of your hand or by performing the Heimlich maneuver.
Treatment also depends on the age of the patient. Infant choking is treated differently than choking in adults and children over 1 year old. In kids under 1, severe choking—when the person can't speak, cry, cough, or breathe—is best treated by giving five sharp blows between the person's shoulder blades with the heel of your hand, or by using chest thrusts.
Choking is also known as a foreign body airway obstruction. It occurs when something is physically in the way of air moving in and out of the trachea windpipe. In most cases, choking is caused by food, which gets stuck in the trachea and directly blocks airflow. Either way, the object is inside the body when it causes choking. Treatment for choking depends on the severity of the situation—for instance, mild choking may be resolved by encouraging the person to cough forcefully.
Treatment also depends on the age of the patient.
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