7/19/2024· Speech-Language Pathology
How Cardiac Arrest Can Mimic Choking To Death
By: Megan M. Hamilton, MS, CCC-SLP
A choking death secondary to obstruction of the airway by food material occurs over a period of time, typically between three and six minutes, and manifests signs of asphyxiation. Heart attack/Myocardial Infarction/Myocardial Ischemia/Cardiac Arrest is the depletion of oxygen to the heart muscle with death of heart tissue