Med Emer Q4

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obstructed airway

airway blocked by small object

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Partial obstruction

patient is still able to talk and is coughing

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Total obstruction?

Pt is unable totalk or cough

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Aspiration

object enters the lungs, object must be removed to avoid infection and/or deathin

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injestion

object is swallowed and goes into stomach, 90% pass through GI tract and excrete within 2 to 12 days

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sx of partial

coughing, hands on throat, wheezing

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complete obstruction sx

unable to breathe or talk, may faint

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