Sometimes a tracheotomy is in order - not sure that I'd have the cajones to do it, though...
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Tangorre, Michael
  To: CF-Community
  Sent: Tuesday, August 17, 2004 10:10 AM
  Subject: RE: Boy chokes on popcorn at movie theater and dies

  Sometimes it is very hard to clear the airway... especially with things
  like popcorn, not slick like a piece of meat or fruit. I remember almost
  choking to death in college. Just enjoying a nice monday night football
  game with ym buddy while I was on duty (RA) and we ordered a pizza. Got
  a piece of crust stuck in my throat and couldn't breathe AT ALL! About
  20 seconds into the ordeal I had enough pressure in my stomach to force
  it up, but it was not pretty; I gouged the linig of my throat and it
  bled for hours... and it hurt like hell... not too mention how scary
  that is. My buddy reamined calm and kept me calm, we knew what to do...
  fortunately, he didn't have to assist other than keeping me calm.
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