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Civilian Emergency Platform
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — A bead, pea, paper, or toy part is stuck in one nostril causing blockage or bad smell.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — NOT EXPERT REVIEWED — NOT FOR PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — One blocked nostril, nasal discharge on one side only.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Child admits putting bead or food up nose.
Scene hazards: Aspiration into airway, Nasal infection
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Have child breathe through mouth and stay seated.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Look with good light — do not push object.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — If battery — emergency immediately.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Otherwise urgent same-day clinic removal.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — 112 if breathing distress or battery.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Clinic for visible bead with no distress.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Removal with suction or hook under vision.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Antibiotics if infected tissue present.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Do NOT use tweezers in nostril without visibility.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Do NOT ignore weeks-old blockage — infection risk.
MYTH: DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Child will sneeze it out eventually — wait at home
REALITY: DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Organic material swells and batteries corrode. Same-day assessment prevents complications.
DANGER: DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Septal infection or aspiration into airway.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Objects left days cause infection and foul odour.
DEVELOPMENT FIXTURE — Small parts can be inhaled into lungs if child snorts hard.