Medical MCQ-A 5-year-old boy having dinner suddenly becomes a phonic and is brought to casuality for the complaint of respiratory difficulty. What is the most appropriate management?

A 5-year-old boy having dinner suddenly becomes a phonic and is brought to casuality for the complaint of respiratory difficulty. What is the most appropriate management?

Cricothyroidotomy

Tracheostomy

Humdifier

Heimlich maneuver

Question Category:

ENT

Correct Answer:

Heimlich maneuver

Description:

Emergency Physicians- 6th/ed pp 68,69 Aphonia (inability to speak) and sudden respiratory distress in a young boy while having food, suggests obstruction of the airway with a large bolus of food. Heimlich's maneuver is the recommended, initial procedure of choice for relieving airway obstruction due to solid objects. Cricothyroidotomy or tracheostomy should be performed if the Heimlich's maneuver fails

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