TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Chapter 20. Airway Management in the Emergency Department A1 - Murphy, Michael F. A1 - Walls, Ron M. A2 - Hung, Orlando A2 - Murphy, Michael F. PY - 2012 T2 - Management of the Difficult and Failed Airway, 2e AB - An unconscious 19-year-old morbidly obese man is brought into the emergency department (ED) by emergency health services (EHS) paramedics, having been found unresponsive at a fraternity initiation party. He had been drinking heavily, although the amount of alcohol consumed is unknown. The patient is unidentified and there is no available past medical history. Respirations are shallow, and paramedics have inserted a nasal trumpet and an oral airway and are assisting ventilation with a bag-mask. They had attempted oral and nasal intubation three times in the field but failed due to the patient being combative and obesity. SN - PB - The McGraw-Hill Companies CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=55869428 ER -