Madkhali, E., Albati, S., Ahmad, H., Alzhrani, S., Nassir, A., Albalawi, B., Heji, A., Alhashim, A., Alarfaj, A., Alsaffar, A., Alharbi, M., Alsadah, B., Alghamdi, O., Alotaibi, T. (2018). Emergency Airway Management in Neck Trauma. The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine, 70(3), 409-413. doi: 10.12816/0043478
Ebtesam Eissa Ali Madkhali; Sakinah Ali Albati; Halah Foud Ahmad; Soud Mohammad Alzhrani; Asmaa Yaseen Nassir; Bassam Mohammed Oudah Albalawi; Anas Saleh Heji; Ali Ghalib Alhashim; Anas Abdullrahman Alarfaj; Amnah Hassan Mansour Alsaffar; Mohammed Ghazi Alharbi; Batool Mohammed Alsadah; Omar Khalid Alghamdi; Talal Mislat Alotaibi. "Emergency Airway Management in Neck Trauma". The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine, 70, 3, 2018, 409-413. doi: 10.12816/0043478
Madkhali, E., Albati, S., Ahmad, H., Alzhrani, S., Nassir, A., Albalawi, B., Heji, A., Alhashim, A., Alarfaj, A., Alsaffar, A., Alharbi, M., Alsadah, B., Alghamdi, O., Alotaibi, T. (2018). 'Emergency Airway Management in Neck Trauma', The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine, 70(3), pp. 409-413. doi: 10.12816/0043478
Madkhali, E., Albati, S., Ahmad, H., Alzhrani, S., Nassir, A., Albalawi, B., Heji, A., Alhashim, A., Alarfaj, A., Alsaffar, A., Alharbi, M., Alsadah, B., Alghamdi, O., Alotaibi, T. Emergency Airway Management in Neck Trauma. The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine, 2018; 70(3): 409-413. doi: 10.12816/0043478
Airway management in patients who have sustained direct trauma to the airway is among the most challenging problems for emergency clinicians. Blunt or penetrating injuries to the head, oropharynx, neck, or upper chest can result in immediate or delayed airway obstruction. Immediate, definitive airway management is needed when the patient cannot protect his airway or is unable to sufficiently oxygenate or ventilate. Emergent or urgent airway management is specified when a patient develops respiratory distress or when symptoms are progressing rapidly. In addition, airway management often is indicated when the patient appears clinically stable, but the clinician anticipates clinical decline (e.g., smoke inhalation, edema, subcutaneous air, hematoma) or feels that an unprotected airway presents a risk to the patient who requires transport to another facility or to radiology for extensive diagnostic studies. The higher rate of complicated airways in this population mandates that the clinician has to be prepared to use advanced airway techniques, including a surgical airway.
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