Archives of Academic Emergency Medicine

Vol. 12 No. 1 (2024)

Public Comments on social media Regarding Self-management of Foreign Body Airway Obstruction; a Letter to Editor

Archives of Academic Emergency Medicine, Vol. 12 No. 1 (2024), 1 January 2024 , Page e68
https://doi.org/10.22037/aaem.v12i1.2489

Abstract

Foreign body airway obstruction (FBAO) frequently occurs unwitnessed. In the absence of external assistance and the ability to rapidly reach help, immediate self-management of FBAO could be the only way to avoid impending death from asphyxia. In this letter, relevant evidence of real-life self-management of severe FBAO from public comments posted on social media were gathered and reported. The results indicate that in cases of severe FBAO, laypeople apply self-management maneuvers notwithstanding that self-help is omitted from the current resuscitation guidelines.

Keywords:
  • Airway Obstruction
  • Emergencies
  • First Aid
  • Heimlich Maneuver
  • Self-Management
  • Social Media

How to Cite

1.
Birkun A. Public Comments on social media Regarding Self-management of Foreign Body Airway Obstruction; a Letter to Editor. Arch Acad Emerg Med [Internet]. 2024 Sep. 6 [cited 2026 May 12];12(1):e68. Available from: https://journals.sbmu.ac.ir/aaem/index.php/AAEM/article/view/2489

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