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Asphyxial Cardiac Arrest and the Possible Aetiological Role of Antipsychotic Medications – a Case Study

Author(s) -

Kai Robinson

Publication year - 2004

Publication title -

australasian journal of paramedicine

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.177

H-Index - 15

ISSN - 2202-7270

DOI - 10.33151/ajp.2.3.288

Subject(s) - choking , medicine , asphyxia , etiology , antipsychotic , airway , pediatrics , psychosis , intensive care medicine , psychiatry , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , anesthesia , anatomy

Emergencies in the pre-hospital setting involving asphyxial cardiac arrest due to choking, whether by aspiration or foreign body are encountered rarely. Such an event is more likely to occur in paediatrics, especially six months to four years of age. [1,2] Adults at risk of asphyxia are typically persons who are unable to protect their airway for example, persons suffering from psychosis, neurological conditions and disability.

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