CASE PRESENTATION Print Section Listen A respiratory arrest occurs in the intermediate care unit on the surgical ward. The patient is an elderly man in a cervical halo, 3 days…
CASE PRESENTATION Print Section Listen This 25-year-old African American female presents to the emergency department (ED) 2 hours after the onset of lip swelling that has progressed to difficulty in…
CASE PRESENTATION Print Section Listen A 60-year-old male with chronic obstructive lung disease, limited exercise tolerance, and new onset pneumonia required tracheal intubation because of hypoxemic respiratory failure. Optimal positioning…
CASE PRESENTATION Print Section Listen A 56-year-old male was the driver of a motorcycle involved in a motor vehicle crash. The primary survey performed by the trauma team reveals the…
CASE PRESENTATION Print Section Listen A 30-year-old male arrives by Emergency Medical Services (EMS) helicopter with a tree branch impaled in his neck (see Figure 24–1). It is apparent that…
CASE PRESENTATION Print Section Listen A 57-year-old man was brought to the emergency department by Emergency Medical Service (EMS) with burns to the head, face, and chest secondary to smoking…
CASE PRESENTATION Print Section Listen Emergency Medical Service (EMS) presents with a 26-year-old male who is agitated and combative, in severe respiratory distress. Per EMS report, he has a history…
CASE PRESENTATION Print Section Listen A 21-year-old man is brought to the emergency department (ED) after sustaining a close range shot gun blast to the face and neck. He appears…
CASE PRESENTATION Print Section Listen A 29-year-old male motorcyclist presents to the emergency department (ED) accompanied by a paramedic rescue team after being involved in a high-speed motor vehicle crash…
CASE PRESENTATION Print Section Listen On a stormy night in the countryside, a 72-year-old male driver falls asleep at the wheel and strays into on-coming traffic. A transport truck trying…
