GI Foreign Body Ingestion

In this episode, Sam Ashoo, MD, and TR Eckler, MD, discuss the May 2023 Emergency Medicine Practice article on Emergency Department Management of Gastrointestinal Foreign Body Ingestion

Epidemiology

Etiology - types of ingestions

Anatomy - common locations by age

• Food impaction
• Sharp objects
• Button batteries
• Magnets
• Colorectal foreign bodies

Prehospital care

History and Physical

Imaging

Expectant management

Endoscopic removal

Non-endoscopic techniques

Body Packing

Glucagon

Gastric button batteries

Summary