RT Book, Section
A1 Vissers, Robert J.
A2 Hung, Orlando
A2 Murphy, Michael F.
SR Print(0)
ID 55869631
T1 Chapter 23. Airway Management in the Patient with Burns to the Head, Neck, Upper Torso, and the Airway
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=55869631
RD 2024/04/24
AB The  emergency  department  receives  a  call  from  the  emergency  medical  services  (EMS)  about  a  burn  victim  coming  to  your  facility  in  about  5  minutes.  In  an  attempt  to  take  his  own  life,  a  40-year-old  man,  while  locked  inside  his  vehicle,  set  himself  on  fire  with  gasoline.  The  patient's  arrival  at  hospital  was  delayed  due  to  a  prolonged  extrication  and  transport  time  of  about  1  hour.  He  had  significant  burns  to  the  anterior  trunk,  thighs,  head,  and  neck.  The  EMS  personnel  advise  that  a  difficult  airway  ought  to  be  anticipated.