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A 2013 report stated that, from 2001 to 2009, an average of 12,435 children (14 years old or younger) per year were treated in US Emergency Rooms because of food-related choking.[Ref:1]
Field of Dreams
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In “Field of Dreams” (released by Universal Studios in 1989), Dr. Archie “Moonlight” Graham saves Karin, the young girl who is choking on a hot dog after falling from the bleachers. Dr. Graham uses two gentle back blows to dislodge the hot dog.
Currently, gentle back blows are considered the correct initial treatment for infants and preteens who have complete airway obstruction from a foreign body. (Abdominal thrusts are currently considered the correct initial treatment only for adults who have complete airway obstruction from a foreign body).
As a historical footnote, the real-life “Doc” Graham died in 1965, well before the introduction of the “classic” abdominal-thrust Heimlich maneuver in the 1970’s.
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