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Medical directors can be most successful by being active and providing community education. ACLS‐ and Pediatric Advanced Life Support–trained public and EMS clinicians have improved choking survival rates beyond 95% [10, 11]. Expeditious recognition and treatment of choking are essential and should ideally be accomplished by bystanders. EMS personnel arriving on the scene should be prepared to manage a patient in extremis. Patients with partial airway obstructions may tolerate supportive care and rapid transport to the hospital. All choking victims should receive transport to the hospital for evaluation. An observational cohort trial underway in Japan, MOCHI, may provide answers to many of the controversies surrounding foreign body airway obstructions.