Adults with often a complex need such as epilepsy, autism or with a learning disability can leave them prone to choking.

A trauma, accident or an Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) can leave an adult facing difficulty with chewing, drinking and swallowing which increases their risk of a Foreign Body Airway Obstruction or FBAO

Pica, Cramming food/objects, Dysphagia and limited insight are all factors that will add up to an increased risk of choking.

Pica is a psychological disorder characterized by an appetite for substances that are largely non-nutritive. The substance may be biological such as hair (trichophagia) or feces (coprophagia), natural such as ice (pagophagia) or dirt (geophagia), and otherwise chemical or man-made.