A church pastor’s daughter, Jayde Saliba, needed urgent medical help when she inhaled a cross pendant almost two years ago. The cross was lodged in her throat which doctors removed under general anaesthetic.

Now aged 4, Jayde was one of 282 children under five admitted to the Royal Children’s Hospital since 2005 after inhaling or ingesting foreign objects. Food is the most common item inhaled or ingested. One-year-olds are the most likely to choke on food including nuts and apples.

Coins, jewellery, button-type batteries, pins and sequins were other items commonly inhaled or swallowed. Sometimes metal detectors are used to help locate difficult to find objects.

Choking in children is rarely life-threatening.

Read the full story at the Herald Sun online here:
http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/divine-help-saves-jayde-saliba-after-she-inhales-a-cross-pendant/story-e6frf7kx-1225914494605