Emergency MedicineAnaesthesia & ICU
Foreign Body Airway Obstruction (Choking)
RCUK adult choking algorithm — encourage cough, back blows, abdominal thrusts, advanced airway in unconscious.
Source: RCUK 2021 Adult Choking
Step 1 of ~6
question
Severity Assessment
Ask 'Are you choking?' Watch effectiveness of cough.
Related
Curated clinical cross-links plus same-class fallbacks.
Drugs
- Propranolol · Beta-Blocker — Infantile Haemangioma (Airway)
- Ertapenem · Carbapenem — ESBL / Complicated Intra-Abdominal / Community OPAT
- Tigecycline · Glycylcycline — MDR Gram-Negative / Polymicrobial / Complicated Intra-abdominal
- Relugolix/Estradiol/Norethisterone (Combination) · GnRH Antagonist + HRT Add-Back Combination
- Relugolix with estradiol and norethisterone acetate · GnRH antagonist + add-back HRT
- Estradiol with progesterone · Combined HRT (body-identical oestrogen + micronised progesterone)
Pathways
- Difficult Airway Algorithm (DAS) · DAS 2015; Royal College of Anaesthetists
- Major Haemorrhage Protocol · NICE NG24; UK MHP guidelines
- New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation · ESC 2020 AF Guidelines; NICE NG196
- Hypertensive Emergency · ESC/ESH 2018 Hypertension Guidelines; NICE NG136
- Bradycardia Management · Resuscitation Council UK ABCDE; ESC 2021 Pacing Guidelines
- Ventricular Tachycardia / Fibrillation · Resuscitation Council UK ACLS; ESC 2022 Ventricular Arrhythmia Guidelines
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