RT Book, Section
A1 Caro, David A.
A2 Hung, Orlando R.
A2 Murphy, Michael F.
SR Print(0)
ID 1146617405
T1 Airway Management with Blunt Anterior Neck Trauma 
T2 Hung's Difficult and Failed Airway Management, 3e
YR 2017
FD 2017
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781259640544
LK accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1146617405
RD 2024/04/24
AB 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  are  unsuccessful  in  placing  an  endotracheal  tube  (ETT)  in  the  field.  He  arrives  in  the  emergency  department  (ED)  immobilized  on  a  long  spine  board  and  with  a  cervical  collar  in  place.  He  is  unconscious,  unresponsive  to  painful  stimuli,  and  stridorous.  Initial  vital  signs  include  a  heart  rate  of  120  beats  per  minute,  a  blood  pressure  of  160/90  mm  Hg,  a  respiratory  rate  of  24  breaths  per  minute,  and  an  oxygen  saturation  of  93%  on  room  air.  A  non-rebreather  oxygen  mask  is  applied,  and  his  oxygen  saturation  increases  to  97%.