99.05.04 - Staying vigilant for choking hazards. Staying vigilant for choking hazards. Children are in particular danger of choking on small, hard foods when eating in restaurants.
Specific foods are especially dangerous.
To avoid injury, young children should be supervised by adults while eating. Berger A. Staying vigilant for choking hazards. Dr. James S. Reilly, chairman of the department of surgery at Dupont Hospital for Children in Wilmington, Delaware presented his study at a meeting of the American Society of Pediatric Otolaryngology. Not yet published.