More than 17,000 adolescents and children were treated in US emergency departments in 2001 for choking on candy, coins or some other substance, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported Thursday.
“We know choking occurs,” Dr. Julie Gilchrist of the CDC’s National Center for Injury Prevention and Control in Atlanta, Georgia, told Reuters Health. However, this is the first time the CDC has conducted an analysis of non-fatal emergency department visits for choking-related episodes, she added.
“All children are at risk for choking because food is a choking risk,” Dr. Gilchrist said. “Parents need to be aware of it.”
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