Lifesaving Maneuver in Full Airway Obstruction Caused by Foreign Body Aspiration: Pushing the Foreign Body to the Right Main Bronchus

Abstract

Foreign body aspiration (FBA) is one of the leading causes of accidental death in children. Patients with severe respiratory failure and upper airway obstruction who need resuscitation due to FBA, admit to emergency services. In this case report, we present a 22-month- old male patient who admitted to the pediatric emergency department due to foreign body aspiration, whose oxygen saturation increased by providing unilateral lung ventilation by pushing the foreign body from the subglottic area into the right bronchus during intubation to obtain advanced airway.