TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Chapter 14. What Is Unique About Airway Management in the Prehospital Setting? A1 - Vu, Mark A1 - Petrie, David A1 - Tallon, John M. A1 - Murphy, Michael F. A2 - Hung, Orlando A2 - Murphy, Michael F. PY - 2012 T2 - Management of the Difficult and Failed Airway, 2e AB - On a stormy night in the countryside, a 72-year-old male driver falls asleep at the wheel and strays into oncoming traffic. A transport truck trying to avoid him strikes his small car. The car is crushed with the driver trapped inside. Emergency medical services (EMS) are activated. Basic life support (BLS) medics and firefighters arrive on scene within 10 minutes. The patient is conscious with a Glasgow Coma Score of 13, BP 80/40 mm Hg, HR 100 bpm, RR 26 breaths per minute, and O2 saturations of 82% prior to oxygen therapy. SN - PB - The McGraw-Hill Companies CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/29 UR - accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=55868667 ER -