Suffocation Quiz
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Content updated on Sep 20, 2022
What is suffocation?
Suffocation is when the body doesn't get enough oxygen. Without immediate intervention, it can lead to loss of consciousness, brain injury, or death.
Symptoms of suffocation
Losing consciousness
Accidentally swallowed something
Feeling breathless
Pale looking
Face is persistently pale and lips are purplish-blue
Face is persistently pale
Face turned pale transiently
Accidentally left a small object where my child can reach it
Questions your doctor may ask to check for suffocation
Your doctor may ask these questions to diagnose suffocation
Have you currently regained consciousness after temporarily losing consciousness?
Did you swallow any small object(s)?
Are you breathless or having hard time breathing?
Do you look more pale, wan or sickly than usual?
Is your face pale and lips purplish-blue all the time?
Treatment for suffocation
Treatment for asphyxiation depends on the cause. It may include cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), Heimlich maneuver which is the first aid technique for choking, oxygen therapy and medications.
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Yoshinori Abe, MD (Internal medicine)
Dr. Abe graduated from The University of Tokyo School of Medicine in 2015. He completed his residency at the Tokyo Metropolitan Health and Longevity Medical Center. He co-founded Ubie, Inc. in May 2017, where he currently serves as CEO & product owner at Ubie. Since December 2019, he has been a member of the Special Committee for Activation of Research in Emergency AI of the Japanese Association for Acute Medicine. | | Dr. Abe has been elected in the 2020 Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia Healthcare & Science category.
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