RT Book, Section A1 Drapeau, Dennis A1 R. Hung, Orlando A2 Hung, Orlando R. A2 Murphy, Michael F. SR Print(0) ID 1146618421 T1 Airway Management of a Patient in Prone Position 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=1146618421 RD 2024/10/09 AB A 35-year-old intoxicated male 179 cm tall and weighing 110 kg (BMI 34 kg·m−2) presents to the emergency room with a 12-inch hunting knife lodged in his upper thoracic spine after an altercation at a cottage party. Initial examination reveals normal vital signs in the prone position, a reassuring airway, and normal screening neurological exam. Initial x-ray studies confirm the knife enters at the level of T3 to T4 and traverses the right side of the spinal canal with the tip of the knife embedded in the T4 vertebral body. The neurosurgeon wishes to take the patient to the operating room for an urgent wound exploration and removal of the foreign body under general anesthesia with careful continuous neurological monitoring throughout the procedure.