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Choking is a
child killer
This Halloween, to help prepare the parents of trick-or-treaters in preventing a choking emergency, the killer of more children under the age of 6 than any other home accident, the American Lung Association of Northern Virginia is offering a free brochure.
Called “Keep Them From Choking,” the pamphlet stresses the importance of knowing the kinds of foods and articles that are potentially dangerous to young lungs and how to make the home a safer place.
Because the majority of children do not develop molars (which are necessary for thorough chewing, crushing and grinding of food) until about age 6, and also have narrower air passages and weaker cough reflexes, small objects are more likely to stick in their throats or be inhaled into the lungs. Choking, called “aspirating a foreign body,” accounts for as many deaths each year as poisoning and is considered the most common cause of accidental death in childhood in the U.S. today.
Copies of this free educational publication may be obtained by contacting the American Lung Association of Northern Virginia at (703) 591-4131.
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