Choking
Conditions
Keywords
Foreign body airway obstruction, Basic life support
Brief summary
Foreign body airway obstruction (FBAO, choking) is a life-threatening emergency requiring time-sensitive treatment to prevent severe injury or deaths. Traditional treatments taught in first aid courses include abdominal thrusts, back blows, and chest compressions or thrusts. Currently, first aid guidelines recommend different treatments for adults, child and infants. Until recently, data on these techniques was limited to case series from the late 1900's. To further improve our knowledge of which treatment is most effective and safest for patients, this study will collect data on choking incidents in Alberta, Canada. This study will focus on infants aged 2 years or younger.
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
University of Calgary
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
No minimum to 2 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* \- Young children (aged 2 years or less) who experienced an out-of-hospital FBAO in Alberta, Canada * Received a FBAO intervention by bystander or healthcare provider * Were assessed by EMS at the time of the incident, or later attended an emergency department due to the incident
Exclusion criteria
\- Patients with abnormal airway anatomy such as a tracheostomy.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Foreign body airway obstruction relief | Day 1 | Defined as: responders determining that the patient did not require further FBAO intervention due to improvement or resolution of their respiratory distress in a conscious patient, or the ability for a responder to successfully ventilate an unconscious patient when previously they were unable to due to obstruction |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Survival to acute care discharge | From date of enrolment until the date of acute care discharge or date of death from any cause, whichever came first, assessed up to 3 months | Defined as discharge from the care of Emergency Medical Services (EMS) or paramedics, the emergency department, or the hospital. |
| Survival to acute care discharge with favourable neurological outcome | From date of enrolment until the date of acute care discharge or date of death from any cause, whichever came first, assessed up to 3 months | Defined as no change from baseline neurological function as measured by the Cerebral Performance Category |
| Intervention-associated injuries | From date of enrolment until the date of acute care discharge or date of death from any cause, whichever came first, assessed up to 3 months | Listed summary of any injuries reported among patient recruited for study occurring as a result of the FBAO intervention as determined by the treating physician/care provider |
Countries
Canada
Contacts
CONTACTCody Dunne
PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATORCody Dunne, MD
University of Calgary
Outcome results
None listed