Unique Airway Issues in the Intensive Care Unit
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…
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Tracheal Intubation in an Uncooperative Patient With a Neck Injury
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…
Airway Management for the Burn Patient
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…
Patient with Deadly Asthma Requires Intubation
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…
Airway Management in the Emergency Department
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…
Airway Management of a Race Car Driver with a Full-Face Helmet Following a Crash
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…
What Is Unique About Airway Management in the Pre-Hospital Setting?
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…
Airway Management of a Morbidly Obese Patient Suffering from a Cardiac Arrest
CASE PRESENTATION Print Section Listen A 67-year-old woman presents to the emergency department (ED) by ambulance with a 3-hour history of increasing dyspnea associated with chest pain. She has a…
Airway Management with Blunt Anterior Neck Trauma
CASE PRESENTATION Print Section Listen A 25-year-old male drives into an unseen wire while he is snowmobiling. The wire strikes his anterior neck and throws him from his snowmobile. Paramedics…
Airway Management of an Unconscious Patient Who Is Trapped Inside the Vehicle Following a Motor Vehicle Collision
CASE PRESENTATION Print Section Listen You are the emergency physician on duty for aeromedical transport calls. You are called to the scene of a motor vehicle collision in a remote…
