AN IMPALED NECK - MANAGEMENT OF DIFFICULT AIRWAY ACCESS

Authors
BULLINGHAM A HAMPSONEVANS D PALAZZO M
Citation
A. Bullingham et al., AN IMPALED NECK - MANAGEMENT OF DIFFICULT AIRWAY ACCESS, Anaesthesia, 49(10), 1994, pp. 866-869
Citations number
2
Categorie Soggetti
Anesthesiology
Journal title
Anaesthesia → ACNP
ISSN journal
00032409
Volume
49
Issue
10
Year of publication
1994
Pages
866 - 869
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-2409(1994)49:10<866:AIN-MO>2.0.ZU;2-U
Abstract
We describe the management of a patient impaled through the lower subm andibular area by the top spike of some ir on railings which immobilis ed his jaw and blocked access to the trachea. The Fire Brigade used sp ecialised equipment to art out a section of the railings so that the p atient could be transported to hospital. Awake fibreoptic intubation w as used to gain access to the patient's airway before induction of ana esthesia.