Airway Management for Penetrating Facial Trauma
CASE PRESENTATION Print Section Listen A 70-year-old depressed man presents after attempted suicide by shooting himself with a handgun held under his jaw. He is seated upright and leaning forward…
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Airway Management of a Patient in a Halo-Jacket with Acute Obstruction of a Reinforced Tracheal Tube
CASE PRESENTATION Print Section Listen A 52-year-old worker of normal body habitus was injured in a fall from approximately 15 feet (5 m) of height. He sustained fractures to the…
Airway Management in a Patient with a Deep Neck Infection
CASE PRESENTATION Print Section Listen A 32-year-old man (Figure 28–1) presented to the emergency department (ED) with dysphagia, dysphonia, and dyspnea. Further inquiry revealed a 1-week history of right-sided jaw…
Management of a Patient with a Respiratory Arrest in the Intermediate Care Unit
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…
Airway Management in a Patient with Angioedema
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…
Management of Extubation of a Patient Following a Prolonged Period of Mechanical Ventilation
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…
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…
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…
