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