RT Book, Section
A1 Lester, Laeben
A1 Braude, Darren
A2 Hung, Orlando R.
A2 Murphy, Michael F.
SR Print(0)
ID 1146617576
T1 Airway Management for the Burn Patient
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=1146617576
RD 2024/04/25
AB 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  while  on  2  L·min−1  of  oxygen  via  nasal  cannula  for  COPD.  There  was  no  reported  loss  of  consciousness.  Albuterol  was  nebulized,  an  18-gauge  IV  was  placed  and  IV  fluids  and  fentanyl  administered.  Upon  arrival  to  the  emergency  department,  the  patient  is  awake  and  alert  but  in  obvious  pain  with  mild  respiratory  distress.  He  speaks  in  full  sentences  with  a  hoarse  voice.  His  blood  pressure  is  152/91,  with  a  heart  rate  of  112  bpm,  breathing  26  times  per  minute,  with  an  oxygen  saturation  of  97%  while  receiving  oxygen  by  non-rebreather,  and  his  temperature  is  36.8°C.  Lungs  sounds  are  remarkable  for  diffuse  wheezing  with  fair  air  movement.