Khizra Ferozover 1 year ago

Mechanical Asyphyxia

The patient died due to the orange slice that lodged in his trachea. Death by accidental mechanical asyphyxia in adults is infrequent and usually results from choking/aspiration, trapping, ligature strangulation. Choking in an example of mechanical asyphyxia that involves blockage of internal organs(pharynx, larynx, trachea or bronchi) by a foreign object.