Health Topics

Choking

Health information topics about Choking:

Children

    1. When Kids Swallow Things: Guidelines for Parents
    Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=HQ01661

    2. CPR: A Real Lifesaver
    Nemours Foundation
    http://kidshealth.org/kid/watch/er/cpr.html

    3. Choosing Safe Toys
    Nemours Foundation
    http://kidshealth.org/parent/growth/learning/safe_toys.html

    4. Choking Prevention
    American Academy of Pediatrics
    http://www.medem.com/medlb/article_detaillb.cfm?article_ID=ZZZSEN9YA7C&sub_...

    5. Choking and Other Airway Emergencies in Babies: Re
    Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=PR00042

Organizations

    1. Consumer Product Safety Commission

    http://www.cpsc.gov/

    2. American Red Cross

    http://www.redcross.org/

Overviews

    1. Causes and Signals of Choking
    American Red Cross
    http://www.redcross.org/services/hss/tips/choking.html

    2. Choking
    Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=FA00025

Pictures/Diagrams

    1. Heimlich Maneuver on an Infant
    Harvard Medical School
    http://www.health.harvard.edu/fhg/firstaid/heimlichInf.shtml

    2. Heimlich Maneuver on an Adult
    Harvard Medical School
    http://www.health.harvard.edu/fhg/firstaid/heimlichAd.shtml

    3. Heimlich Maneuver on a Child
    Harvard Medical School
    http://www.health.harvard.edu/fhg/firstaid/heimlichChild.shtml

Specific Conditions

    1. Foreign Body
    Virtual Hospital
    http://www.vh.org/pediatric/patient/pediatrics/cqqa/foreignbody.html

    2. Foreign Object Swallowed
    Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=FA00059

Statistics

    1. Airway Obstruction
    National Safe Kids Campaign
    http://www.safekids.org/tier3_cd.cfm?content_item_id=991&folder_id=540

    2. Spotlight on Choking Episodes Among Children
    National Center for Injury Prevention and Control
    http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/duip/spotlite/choking.htm

Treatment

    1. Choking: Heimlich Maneuver
    Harvard Medical School
    http://www.health.harvard.edu/fhg/firstaid/choking.shtml

    2. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR)
    Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
    http://www.mayoclinic.com/invoke.cfm?id=FA00061

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