RT Book, Section
A1 Petrar, Steven
A1 Hung, Orlando R.
A1 Murphy, Michael F.
A2 Hung, Orlando
A2 Murphy, Michael F.
SR Print(0)
ID 55866509
T1 Chapter 6. Context-Sensitive Airway Management
T2 Management of the Difficult and Failed Airway, 2e
YR 2012
FD 2012
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-162344-5
LK accessanesthesiology.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=55866509
RD 2024/04/20
AB A  50-year-old  man  is  in  the  waiting  room  of  the  emergency  department  (ED)  awaiting  evaluation  for  several  days  of  hematuria.  He  has  a  remote  history  of  prostate  cancer.  Suddenly,  the  man  falls  to  the  floor,  becomes  unresponsive,  and  has  a  generalized,  tonic-clonic  seizure.  The  emergency  physician  and  paramedic  on  duty  are  summoned  by  the  triage  nurse.  Intravenous  (IV)  access  is  established  and  the  seizure  is  halted  with  multiple  doses  of  intravenous  lorazepam  totaling  12  mg.  Unfortunately,  the  patient  is  extremely  somnolent  and  the  emergency  physician  is  concerned  that  he  is  at  risk  for  airway  obstruction,  apnea,  and  aspiration.  The  decision  to  intubate  the  trachea  is  made.