Society guideline links: Airway foreign bodies in children

Introduction — This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.

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Links to related guidelines are provided separately. (See "Society guideline links: Esophageal strictures, foreign bodies, and caustic injury" and "Society guideline links: Battery ingestion".)

United States

●National Association of EMS Physicians (NAEMSP), American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), American College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma (ACS COT), EMS for Children Innovation and Improvement Center (EIIC), Emergency Nurses Association (ENA), National Association of State EMS Officials (NASEMSO): Recommended essential equipment for basic life support and advanced life support ground ambulances 2020 – A joint position statement (2021)

●American Heart Association (AHA): Guidelines for cardiopulmonary resuscitation and emergency cardiovascular care – Part 4: Pediatric basic and advanced life support (2020)

●AAP: Policy statement – Prevention of choking among children (2010, reaffirmed 2019)

Europe

●European Respiratory Society (ERS): Statement – Interventional bronchoscopy in children (2017)

Australia–New Zealand

●Australian Resuscitation Council (ARC) and New Zealand Resuscitation Council (NZRC): ANZCOR Guideline 4 – Airway (2016)