Journal article
Field Airway Management of a Construction Worker with an Impaling Rebar Injury to the Neck and Brain
Prehospital emergency care, Vol.16(4), pp.548-552
09/07/2012
DOI: 10.3109/10903127.2012.695438
PMID: 22823946
Abstract
This article discusses a case of airway management by air ambulance emergency medical services (EMS) providers in a 22-year-old man impaled through the neck into the brain with 0.5-inch rebar. Penetrating neck injuries (PNIs) with impalement are extraordinarily rare. It is important for EMS providers and emergency medicine physicians to have an understanding of the initial management of an impaled patient with PNI, including having an organized approach to establishing a definitive airway and recognizing the airway complications that PNI may cause. This article discusses out-of-hospital management of impaled patients.
Details
- Title: Subtitle
- Field Airway Management of a Construction Worker with an Impaling Rebar Injury to the Neck and Brain
- Creators
- Nicola Nicolaisen - From the Department of Emergency Medicine (NN, AA, TH, RO), University of Iowa Carver College of MedicineAzeemuddin Ahmed - From the Department of Emergency Medicine (NN, AA, TH, RO), University of Iowa Carver College of MedicineToby Hancock - From the Department of Emergency Medicine (NN, AA, TH, RO), University of Iowa Carver College of MedicineRick Ogren - From the Department of Emergency Medicine (NN, AA, TH, RO), University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Publication Details
- Prehospital emergency care, Vol.16(4), pp.548-552
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis
- DOI
- 10.3109/10903127.2012.695438
- PMID
- 22823946
- ISSN
- 1090-3127
- eISSN
- 1545-0066
- Language
- English
- Date published
- 09/07/2012
- Academic Unit
- Management and Entrepreneurship ; Emergency Medicine
- Record Identifier
- 9984025273302771
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