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Home Emergency Simulator: Case One- The Choking Infant
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
Case One: The Choking Infant, age 0 to 1 year.
by
Ashraf Nashed, MD, FACEP
Asst. Residency Director
Emergency Medicine
Morristown Memorial Hospital
Morristown, NJ

Edited by
Michael Gerardi, MD, FACEP, FAAP
Director of Pediatric Emergency Medicine
Atlantic Health Systems
Past-Chairman of the Pediatric Committee
American College of Emergency Physicians

To begin, choose your from these options:
1. Start the lesson now for low bandwidth connections.
2. Start the lesson now for high bandwidth connections (cable modem, T1, ISDN, satellite, DSL) using RealPlayer Video plug-in.
3. Skip the lesson and go directly to the simulator testing environment.

Instructions: To start the lesson, first read the "Status" in the Right Window. Click on the blue "Next" button to see next correct step. The Correct Action will appear in the Left Window. You can watch the procedure being performed in the Main Window, and read the results in the Right Status Window. Then, click the blue "Next" button to continue learning. The top row of thumbnail pictures below are in random order, and will not be active buttons until later on, when you practice what you have learned using the simulator.

Our case begins with an infant choking and having difficulty breathing.
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