False Passage to the Trachea after Emergency Intubation in a Victim of Near Hanging

Emergency medicine physicians should have enough knowledge and experience to deal with emergent and traumatic difficult airway. In this paper, we present a case of near hanging with neck soft tissue injury, tracheal and esophageal rupture that is complicated by a displaced intubation and false passa...

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Main Authors: Ali Pourmand, Hamid Shokoohi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2013-01-01
Series:Case Reports in Emergency Medicine
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/281307