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RV First Aid Emergency Information During Your Travelling

FIRST AID FOR SWALLOWED OBJECTS

Between the ages of 6 months and 4 years, children tend to put things in their mouths, and sometimes they swallow them. In adults, meat and bones are the objects that most commonly get stuck. Once swallowed, a foreign body can get stuck anywhere from the throat to the stomach and intestines. Once the object has reached the stomach, it usually passes through the body without causing problems. This usually takes several days.

SIGNS:
Neck or throat pain or problems swallowing. Vomiting, choking, coughing, noisy breathing, belly pain.

FIRST AID:
Check stools to make sure the swallowed object passes.
Eat a high-fiber diet until you pass the object (whole grainbread, oatmeal and bran cereals, fresh fruits and vegetables).
There is no need to change your child's diet.
DO NOT TAKE ANY LAXATIVES.

SEEK CARE IF:
You do not see the swallowed object in your stool within a few days.

CALL IMMEDIATELY FOR EMERGENCY MEDICAL ASSISTANCE IF:
You (or your child) have vomiting, gagging, choking, drooling, neck or throat pain, or cannot swallow.
You (or your child) start coughing, wheezing, or breathing noisily.
You (or your child) have belly pain, blood in the stool or see bleeding from the rectum.
You (or your child) have a high temperature.