True case... Give me your take and I'll tell you later how it worked out.
Overhead paged "anesthesia stat to er." upon arrival I find er doc and rt holding mask in front of patients face. He looks large, maybe 6'2" 110 kg. Story is he had metal device dropped on his neck, anteriorly while supine working in a machine shop. Metal equipment was about 250 lbs.
Pt is coughing up blood, sats 90%, awake/alert, in lots of pain. Neck is visibly swollen anteriorly. Mild crepitus in anterior chest. Pulmonary doc is getting fiberoptic out and now he's taking a look but really just keeps suctioning blood.
What do you do??
Overhead paged "anesthesia stat to er." upon arrival I find er doc and rt holding mask in front of patients face. He looks large, maybe 6'2" 110 kg. Story is he had metal device dropped on his neck, anteriorly while supine working in a machine shop. Metal equipment was about 250 lbs.
Pt is coughing up blood, sats 90%, awake/alert, in lots of pain. Neck is visibly swollen anteriorly. Mild crepitus in anterior chest. Pulmonary doc is getting fiberoptic out and now he's taking a look but really just keeps suctioning blood.
What do you do??