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an abominable airway…

March 16, 2017 By Christopher Partyka Leave a Comment

the case.

a 28 year old male presents to your Emergency Department with a 2-3 week history of increasing neck swelling. He is now spitting out frank purulent discharge from his mouth and reports fevers and night sweats.

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Filed Under: #FOAM, Airway, Interesting, Metabolic Tagged With: airway, bougie, cric, cricothyroidotomy, open cricothyroidotomy, primary surgical airway, scalpel, surgical airway, surgical cricothyroidotomy

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