Stabbing; Roadside to Resus
The Resus Room
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Critical Care Teams Can Make a Difference on Scene Times With These Sorts of Patients
If you're starting to see those signs and you're seeing a visibly expanding hematoma I think if you've got the ability either pre hospital or in hospital that needs to be a very early RSI. The other thing that I came across which initially I was a bit skeptical about is the insertion of an 18 or 20 gauge Foley catheters. So that's an option for you. Now while we're still thinking about the neck very quickly about immobilization we do not need to immobilize these patients in the absence of overt neurological signs because just think about it immobilizing is going to slow you down. If there's any doubt that the resource you want are that critical care whatever that
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