Sausage asphyxia.

A foreign body causing obstruction of the larynx is usually removed by coughing, blows to the back, chest thrusts, abdominal compression or finger sweep manoeuvres on the unconscious victim. In extremis, crichothyroidotomy or emergency tracheostomy may be the only life-saving option. Direct laryngoscopy may permit the removal of a foreign body from the larynx of an unconscious victim.