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Civilian Emergency Platform
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — A child swallowed a coin, toy part, magnet, or button battery.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — NOT EXPERT REVIEWED — NOT FOR PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Child said "I swallowed" or missing toy part, drooling, refusing food.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Battery compartment open, coin missing.
Scene hazards: Airway obstruction, Esophageal burn from battery
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Call 112 — ingestion, object type, time, age.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — If choking — back blows infant / Heimlich child per training.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Bring object packaging or identical item to hospital.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Monitor breathing — partial obstruction can worsen.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Call 112. "Child swallowed [object]. Button battery yes/no."
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Poison helpline if available in region.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Battery in esophagus — emergency removal within 2 hours ideal.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Abdominal pain hours later — magnet complication.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Do NOT induce vomiting — re-damages esophagus.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Do NOT assume coin will pass without X-ray.
MYTH: DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Swallowed coins always pass safely in stool
REALITY: DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Location in esophagus vs stomach changes risk — imaging decides. Batteries never wait.
DANGER: DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Fatal esophageal burn from watch battery assumed to be coin.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Button batteries burn esophagus in hours — size of coin does not matter.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Two magnets can pinch bowel — surgical emergency.