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Why they have to make guesses at this and not actually know the reason? Based on my experience with ER visits there's a form specifically for things removed from a child's nose: 1. raisin, 2. battery, 3. coin, 4. army man, 5. intelligence-enhancing crayon(s) 6. other

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Because, as they say in the paper, the data only say a foreign body was removed - not what sort it was.

However, a different study showed that 75% of incidents in kids under 6 was due to coins.

Given that the change appears to coincide with the UK's move to cashless, it is a reasonable assumption. Although they do note the limits of their conclusion.

https://publishing.rcseng.ac.uk/doi/full/10.1308/rcsann.2024...

I once asked my ER doctor relative what is the most avoidable thing adults come into the ER for, and he said choking on something they're eating alone at home.

Nice thing to remember next time you're gagging on some stringy cheese because you thought it better to scarf than chew your pizza.

Only living people make it to the ER to be treated. Survivorship bias. ;-)

I don't understand. If you're choking at home, alone, you suffocate and die.

If you recover, you're no longer choking. Why would you go to the ER then?

Yeah, I probably accidentally added that bit myself.

Upvoted for the optional plurality of "intelligence-enhancing crayon(s)"

Let us not forget green peas, so we don’t have to eat them.

My thought exactly, I found it utterly incredulously that we some how have theses statistics with out any sort of object classification.

Huh. Why raisins, but not other raisin-sized foods (e.g. sunflower seeds, Tic Tacs, etc)?

Kids often snack on little raisin boxes and their squishy nature make them easy to stuff.

My brother got a popcorn kernel stuck in his ear that required a doctor visit to remove. Kids are dumb

We were on our way to the ER when my kid was able to sneeze out a Cheerio he'd shoved up his nose while we were out running errands. He's now about to start grad school, so they can learn.

The red ones give the most intelligence

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