Did You Know?!
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]
Door Stopper Hardware in Bronchus
Extraction Case
The metal “stopper” from a screen door became a bronchial foreign body.
Any hardware in the hand of an infant or toddler (or held between the lips of someone “on the job”) can be inhaled and block a bronchus.
Extraction Video
The foreign body is removed with optical "alligator" (toothed) forceps.