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…
ANESTHESIA
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…
Airway Management of a Patient with Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
CASE PRESENTATION Print Section Listen An Advanced Life-Support Emergency Services unit brought a 35-year-old male into the emergency department (ED) “backboarded and collared.” The patient was an unrestrained driver who…
Preparation for Awake Intubation
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Case: A 60-year-old female with carcinoma of the colon is scheduled for laparoscopic colon resection. She has hypertension, obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), and is morbidly obese…
Flexible Bronchoscopic Intubation
CASE PRESENTATION Print Section Listen A 65-year-old male with carcinoma of the colon presents for colon resection. He weighs 120 kg and is 157 cm tall (BMI 48 kg·m−2). He…
Cricothyrotomy
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen In 1799, as George Washington lay dying of life threatening upper airway obstruction, one of his physicians, Elisha Cullen Dick, argued against further bloodletting and for…
