Your child stuck something small deep up their nose. So far up there, you can’t seem to retrieve it. Emergency physician Dr. Troy Madsen shares a useful—but kind of gross—health hack that may save you ...

To remove a foreign body from the nose of a child, bend the loop on a plastic ear curette to about a 25° angle. Next, place the patient in a supine position and have one assistant lie across the child ...

I see many children in the emergency department with a foreign body lodged in one nare. Examining these patients can be difficult, and attempting to remove the object can cause trauma and bleeding.