The table maneuver: a procedure used with success in four cases of unconscious choking older subjects

To link to full-text access for this article, visit this link: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2010.07.010 Byline: Hubert Blain (a), Mireille Bonnafous (b), Nicolas Grovalet (b), Olivier Jonquet (c), Michel David (b)(d) Keywords: Cardiopulmonary resuscitation; Choking; Foreign-body airway obstruction; Older subjects; Long-term care facility Abstract: Confronted with an unconscious choking victim, it is recommended to call an ambulance and start mouth-to-mouth and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). We describe a procedure called the 'table maneuver' that was successful in relieving foreign-body airway obstruction in 4 cases of choking in unconscious elderly patients over a 6-year period in the same long-term care facility. Author Affiliation: (a) Department of Internal Medicine and Geriatrics, University Hospital of Montpellier, and EUROMOV, University Montpellier 1, Montpellier, France (b) Long-term Care Facility, Fabregues, France (c) Department of Intensive Care, University Hospital of Montpellier, University Montpellier 1, Montpellier, France (d) Department of General Medicine, Faculty of Montpellier-NA[R]mes, Montpellier, France Article Note: (footnote) Funding: None., Conflict of Interest: None., Authorship: All authors had access to the data and played a role in writing the manuscript.