Recurrent upper airway obstruction.
Two case reports document airway reobstruction following the use of hemostats by paramedics (EMT-P) to successfully relieve meat impaction of the hypopharynx. In one, the obstruction was the result of local edema and, in the other, there was incomplete removal of the obstruction.
D000368:Aged; D000402:Airway Obstruction / Q000209:etiology* / Q000628:therapy; D005547:Foreign Bodies / Q000150:complications*; D006801:Humans; D007013:Hypopharynx; D008297:Male; D008460:Meat; D008875:Middle Aged; D012008:Recurrence