Emergency airway management in patients with cervical spine injuries

J. C. Criswell; M. J. A. Parr; J. P. Nolan

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2044.1994.tb04271.x

Emergency airway management in patients with cervical spine injuries

J. C. Criswell^*, M. J. A. Parr, J. P. Nolan

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

A retrospective study of admissions to a Level 1 Trauma Centre, revealed 393 patients with traumatic cervical spine injuries. All 36 patients intubated urgently and 37 and 68 patients intubated between 30min and 24 h of admission, were intubated orally, following a rapid sequence induction with the application of cricoid pressure and manual in‐line stabilisation of the head and neck. There were no neurological sequelae in these 73 patients (95% confidence interval 0–4%). This technique for airway management is described in detail. It is a safe, familiar, and effective method for securing the airway in patients with cervical spine injury.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	900-903
Number of pages	4
Journal	Anaesthesia
Volume	49
Issue number	10
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2044.1994.tb04271.x
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 1994
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

cervical spine injury
Intubation, tracheal
technique
trauma
Complications

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