Foreign object - inhaled or swallowed

Injury	Disease	Nutrition	Poison

Symptoms	Surgery	Test	Special Topic

Heimlich maneuver on adult

Heimlich maneuver on infant

Heimlich maneuver on oneself

Lungs

Heimlich maneuver on an adult

Heimlich maneuver on conscious child

Heimlich maneuver on infant

Overview

Symptoms

Treatment

Prevention

Foreign object - inhaled or swallowed

Alternative Names:

Obstructed airway; Blocked airway

Symptoms:

When tiny foreign objects are breathed in (inhaled), they usually cause coughing, wheezing, breathing distress, or a total lack of air. However, in some cases, only minor symptoms are initially present, and the object may be forgotten until later symptoms (inflammation, infection) develop.

Review Date: 8/8/2005
Reviewed By: William D. Whetstone M.D., Associate Clinical Professor, Division of Emergency Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA. Review provided by VeriMed Healthcare Network.

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