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Living on the edge of the post-nasal space: the inhaled foreign body

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 March 2006

Abstract

We present a previously undescribed event where an inhaled foreign body was propelled into the post-nasal space by the Heimlich manoeuvre. We present figures showing a drop in the mortality following inhaled foreign bodies since the introduction of the Heimlich manoeuvre.

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Type
Research Article
Copyright
Royal Society of Medicine Press Limited 2000

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