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Why they have to make guesses at this and not actually know the reason? Based on my experience with ER visits there's a form specifically for things removed fro
by skeeter2020 2y ago
Why they have to make guesses at this and not actually know the reason? Based on my experience with ER visits there's a form specifically for things removed from a child's nose: 1. raisin, 2. battery, 3. coin, 4. army man, 5. intelligence-enhancing crayon(s) 6. other
- stuartjohnson12 2y agoUpvoted for the optional plurality of "intelligence-enhancing crayon(s)"
- Guthur 2y agoMy thought exactly, I found it utterly incredulously that we some how have theses statistics with out any sort of object classification.
- dgrin91 2y agoThe red ones give the most intelligence
- erickhill 2y agoLet us not forget green peas, so we don’t have to eat them.
- derefr 2y agoHuh. Why raisins, but not other raisin-sized foods (e.g. sunflower seeds, Tic Tacs, etc)?
- Spooky23 2y agoKids often snack on little raisin boxes and their squishy nature make them easy to stuff.
- malfist 2y agoMy brother got a popcorn kernel stuck in his ear that required a doctor visit to remove. Kids are dumb
- brewdad 2y agoWe were on our way to the ER when my kid was able to sneeze out a Cheerio he'd shoved up his nose while we were out running errands. He's now about to start grad school, so they can learn.
- edent 2y agoBecause, as they say in the paper, the data only say a foreign body was removed - not what sort it was. However, a different study showed that 75% of incidents in kids under 6 was due to coins. Given that the change appears to coincide with the UK's move to cashless, it is a reasonable assumption. Although they do note the limits of their conclusion. https://publishing.rcseng.ac.uk/doi/full/10.1308/rcsann.2024.0050 https://publishing.rcseng.ac.uk/doi/full/10.1308/rcsann.2024...
- hombre_fatal 2y agoI once asked my ER doctor relative what is the most avoidable thing adults come into the ER for, and he said choking on something they're eating alone at home. Nice thing to remember next time you're gagging on some stringy cheese because you thought it better to scarf than chew your pizza.
- thaumasiotes 2y agoI don't understand. If you're choking at home, alone, you suffocate and die. If you recover, you're no longer choking. Why would you go to the ER then?
- hombre_fatal 2y agoYeah, I probably accidentally added that bit myself.
- hackingonempty 2y agoOnly living people make it to the ER to be treated. Survivorship bias. ;-)