TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2012//
TI  - Field airway management of a construction worker with an impaling rebar injury to the neck and brain
JO  - Prehospital emergency care
A1  - Nicolaisen, Nicola
A1  - Ahmed, Azeemuddin
A1  - Hancock, Toby
A1  - Ogren, Rick
SP  - 548
EP  - 552
VL  - 16
IS  - 4
N2  - 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.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1090-3127
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/10903127.2012.695438
ID  - ref1
ER  -