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I Believe what you mean is a foreign body airway obstruction. Essentially this is just the same thing as saying someone is choking. You have 2 types, total and partial airway obstructions. Any object that blocks the airway is considered to be an obstruction. The tongue itself can be one. If this isn't what you're looking for please feel free to revise this.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 15y agoA very general answer is that something is stuck along the airway making it so air can not get around it. This happens often in the trachea due to an aspiration of food in children or people with dysphagia.
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What does fbao mean?
foreign body airway obstruction
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A victim with a foreign-body airway obstruction becomes unresponsive. What is your first course of action?
Most common cause of airway obstruction in adult?
The most common cause of airway occlusion (airway obstruction) is choking on foreign objects. This means swallowing an obstructive object or having something lodged in your trachea causing the airway to lose its patency.
What can obstruct the airway in a cardic arrest?
An obstruction of the upper airway involves the blockage of the airway in the throat, trachea (airway going to the lungs) or the voice box. Multiple things can cause upper airway obstruction, such as foreign objects (choking), swelling due to allergic reaction and chemical or heat burns which cause blistering/swelling. Most of the time, people would first think of choking as causing an obstruction of the upper airway, even though there are a variety of causes.
What are the steps to relieving a foreign body airway obstruction in an infant?
Establish the patients level of responsiveness. Open the Infants airway using the head-tilt chin lift maneuver. Check for breathing by looking down the throat, listening and feeling for any obstruction. Perform infant rescue breathing. Abdominal Thrusts called the Heimlich Maneuver.
What Spasm and narrowing of bronchi leading to airway obstruction?
Asthma: spasms and narrowing of bronchi leading to airway obstruction
What is the medical term meaning obstruction in the trachea?
It is called Airway obstruction / Tracheal obstruction
What are the three most common causes of airway obstruction?
Anaphylactic shock Foreign object in throat Choking on unchewed food Asthma
Difference between adult child and infant airways?
A child's airway differs from that of an adult in that the child's tongue is proportionately larger in the oropharynx compered to that of an adult. Also, a child's airway is smaller and softer and more prone to foreign body obstruction. An infant's airway is smaller and softer still and the trachea is usually about the diameter of a pencil.
What is is the medical term for choking?
airway obstruction
What is the most common airway obstruction in infants?
* Inhalation of foreign objects e.g. carrot pieces. * Infection leading to conditions such as croup.
When an airway obstruction is present the chest will continue to rise but the abdomen will no longer move?
When an airway obstruction is present, the chest will continue to rise but the abdomen will no longer move
