RT Book, Section
A1 Murphy, Michael F.
A1 Walls, Ron M.
A2 Hung, Orlando
A2 Murphy, Michael F.
SR Print(0)
ID 55869428
T1 Chapter 20. Airway Management in the Emergency Department
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=55869428
RD 2024/04/25
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.