Citation

Nicolaisen N, Ahmed A, Hancock T, Ogren R. Prehosp. Emerg. Care 2012; 16(4): 548-552.

Affiliation

From the Department of Emergency Medicine (NN, AA, TH, RO), University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine , Iowa City , Iowa .

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, National Association of EMS Physicians, Publisher Informa - Taylor and Francis Group)

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.

Language: en