Prospective Evaluation of Foreign Body Airway Obstruction Interventions Among Adults and Children

Proportion of eligible patients recruited

Among patients who screen as eligible for recruitment, the proportion of those who are successfully recruited

Time frame: Through study completion, a 6 month period

Proportion of recruited patients with satisfactory data collection

Among patients successfully recruited, the those patients with \>= 90% of desired variables collected

Time frame: Through study completion, a 6 month period

Foreign body airway obstruction relief

Defined as: responders determining that the patient did not require further FBAO intervention due to improvement or resolution of their respiratory distress in a conscious patient, or the ability for a responder to successfully ventilate an unconscious patient when previously they were unable to due to obstruction

Time frame: Day 1

Survival to acute care discharge

Defined as discharge from the care of Emergency Medical Services(EMS) or paramedics, the emergency department, or the hospital.

Time frame: From date of enrolment until the date of acute care discharge or date of death from any cause, whichever came first, assessed up to 3 month

Survival to acute care discharge with favourable neurological outcome

Defined as the patient being able to be discharge to the home environment that they previously lived, with the ability to perform the same activities of daily living as before the FBAO incident

Time frame: From date of enrolment until the date of acute care discharge or date of death from any cause, whichever came first, assessed up to 3 month

Intervention-associated injuries

Listed summary of any injuries reported among patient recruited for study occurring as a result of the FBAO intervention as determined by the treating physician/care provider

Time frame: From date of enrolment until the date of acute care discharge or date of death from any cause, whichever came first, assessed up to 3 month