Authors and Editors

Author: John P. Cunha, DO

Editor: Melissa Conrad Stoppler, MD

Previous contributing Authors and Editors:

Author: Christopher J Bosche, MD, Consulting Staff, Department of Emergency Medicine, Saint Anthony's Medical Center.

Coauthor(s): Stephen J Vetrano, DO, EMT-B, Consulting Staff, Department of Emergency Medicine, Capital Health System; Dave Miramontes, MD, Consulting Physician, Department of Emergency Medicine, St Vincent's Medical Center; Tara Shapiro, DO, Assistant Director of Emergency Medicine Residency Program, Clinical Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine, Department of Emergency Medicine, Newark Beth Israel Medical Center.

Editors: Scott H Plantz, MD, FAAEM, Research Director, Assistant Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, Mount Sinai School of Medicine; Francisco Talavera, PharmD, PhD, Senior Pharmacy Editor, eMedicine; Jeter (Jay) Pritchard Taylor III, MD, Vice-Chief, Compliance Officer, Attending Physician Emergency Medicine Residency, Department of Emergency Medicine, Palmetto Richland Memorial Hospital, University of South Carolina.

References: Centers for Disease Control, "Choking Episodes Among Children."