{"pk":47280,"title":"Managing Foreign Body Airway Obstruction with Magill Forceps: A Case Report","subtitle":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction</strong>: Foreign body airway obstruction is a high-stakes airway emergency that can rapidly become fatal without timely intervention.</p>\n<p><strong>Case Report: </strong>We present a case of a 65-year-old male in respiratory extremis due to aspiration of a chicken bone. Following double setup for rapid sequence intubation and cricothyrotomy, the foreign body was successfully removed using Magill forceps under video laryngoscopic guidance.</p>\n<p><strong>Conclusion</strong>: This case highlights the critical role of early recognition, team readiness, and familiarity with Magill forceps technique in managing foreign body airway obstruction in unstable patients</p>","language":"eng","license":{"name":"Creative Commons Attribution 4.0","short_name":"CC BY 4.0","text":"Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.\r\n\r\nNo additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0"},"keywords":[{"word":"foreign body airway obstruction"},{"word":"Magill forceps"},{"word":"emergency airway management"},{"word":"video laryngoscopy"},{"word":"cricothyrotomy"}],"section":"Case Reports","is_remote":true,"remote_url":"https://escholarship.org/uc/item/4w37471w","frozenauthors":[{"first_name":"Ossama","middle_name":"","last_name":"Sayed","name_suffix":"","institution":"Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Department of Emergency Medicine, Rochester, Minnesot","department":""},{"first_name":"Samuel","middle_name":"I","last_name":"Garcia","name_suffix":"","institution":"Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Department of Emergency Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota; Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota","department":""},{"first_name":"Benjamin","middle_name":"","last_name":"Sandefur","name_suffix":"","institution":"Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Department of Emergency Medicine, Rochester, Minnesota","department":""}],"date_submitted":"2025-04-22T17:18:48.731000+02:00","date_accepted":"2025-06-16T04:04:45.217000+02:00","date_published":"2025-09-10T23:38:00+02:00","render_galley":null,"galleys":[{"label":"PDF","type":"pdf","path":"https://journalpub.escholarship.org/uciem_cpcem/article/47280/galley/40144/download/"}]}