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An impaled neck
Author(s) -
BULLINGHAM A.,
HAMPSONEVANS D.,
PALAZZO M.
Publication year - 1994
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1994.tb04260.x
Subject(s) - medicine , fire brigade , intubation , airway , anesthesia , nasotracheal intubation , neck injury , surgery , medical emergency , poison control , aeronautics , engineering
Summary We describe the management of a patient impaled through the lower submandibular area by the top spike of some iron railings which immobilised his jaw and blocked access to the trachea. The Fire Brigade used specialised equipment to cut out a section of the railings so that the patient could be transported to hospital. Awake fibreoptic intubation was used to gain access to the patient's airway before induction of anaesthesia.