NCT07365137

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

Prospective Evaluation of Foreign Body Airway Obstruction Interventions Among Adults and Children: A Non-randomized Pilot Cohort Study

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 80 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University of Calgary · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 3 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Foreign body airway obstruction (FBAO, choking) is a life-threatening emergency requiring time-sensitive treatment to prevent severe injury or deaths. Traditional treatments taught in first aid courses include abdominal thrusts, back blows, and chest compressions or thrusts. Currently, first aid guidelines recommend different treatments for adults, child and infants. Until recently, data on these techniques was limited to case series from the late 1900's. To further improve our knowledge of which treatment is most effective and safest for patients, this study will collect data on choking incidents in Alberta, Canada. The first phase of this project will make sure identifying and recruiting choking patients in real-time is possible so that the highest quality of data can be collected. If successful, this study will support a future project where the different choking treatments are compared in terms of their effectiveness and safety. This study will focus on adults and children over the age of 2 years.

Conditions

• Foreign Body Airway Obstruction

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	Abdominal thrust	Abdominal thrust received as first intervention
PROCEDURE	Back blows	Back blows received as first intervention
PROCEDURE	Chest compressions/thrusts	Chest compressions or thrusts received as first intervention

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-11-01
• Primary completion: 2026-04-30
• Completion: 2026-06-01
• First posted: 2026-01-26
• Last updated: 2026-01-26

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Canada