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Difficult airway management of a child impaled through the neck
Author(s) -
Melillo Edward P.,
Hawkins David J.,
Lynch Liam,
Macnamara Aiden
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
pediatric anesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.704
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1460-9592
pISSN - 1155-5645
DOI - 10.1046/j.1460-9592.2001.00725.x
Subject(s) - medicine , airway , airway management , intensive care medicine , action (physics) , surgery , physics , quantum mechanics
We report the difficult airway management of a child impaled through the neck by a wooden plant support. The various options are discussed and the involvement of experienced personnel together with a clear preformulated plan of action is stressed.