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When the airway (wind pipe) is obstructed, such as choking on an object or piece of food. This can also occur when a baby is born and the airway is plugged with mucous.
it's called COPD meaning chronic obstructed pulminary disease . and believe me it is not fun
A partially blocked airway may produce a high-pitched sound called a STRIDOR.
Airway; open the airway is tip the head and check for breathing.
Depending on what part of the airway is obstructed it could be rales, rhonci, stridor, or wheezing
It wouldn't actually even be accidental death, so no, it wouldn't be accidental death. If someone died because the airways were obstructed by mucus, it would be death by natural causes.
In an unconscious victim you perform CPR the same for an obstructed airway as you would for regular CPR with one exception, before attempting ventilation you should look for the object in the mouth and if you see it, remove it. But never perform a blind finger sweep!
The sound is called a stridor (high pitched wheezing). See related link. The answer is rhonchus or rhonchi, which is loud rumbling sounds heard on auscultation (during inhalation) of bronchi obstructed by sputum.
The sound is called a stridor (high pitched wheezing). See related link. The answer is rhonchus or rhonchi, which is loud rumbling sounds heard on auscultation (during inhalation) of bronchi obstructed by sputum.
It is highly unlikely to drown in a tablespoon of water as the amount is not sufficient to block your airway. Typically, drowning occurs when the airway is obstructed by a significant volume of liquid, leading to suffocation.
While coughing is usually related to some sort of irritation of the airway (smoke, dust, infections, others), leading to the body's reflex mechanism to expel the irritating substance, stridor is more common in cases where the airway is partly obstructed.