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Anthony

Trauma rule no 1: Keep it simple! If you can't tube em easy via the mouth and you're not credentialled to do a surgical crico (which would be standard of care for paramedics in South Africa), then simple is good manual airway control and BVM ventilation. The evidence out there is that these patients do better than those who get drugged up and paralysed. In the flight situation this is difficult and therefore you have to decide if flight is better than road. If it is, then your aircrew should have the extended skills for RSI, this obviously is an issue to be resolved by your state / national medical board or whoever controls the scope of practise.

Tim
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[mailto:trauma-list-bounces at trauma.org]On Behalf Of Anthony Caruso
Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2007 6:08 AM
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Subject: RE: Thanks Karim

Nasal tube would be for someone that had a clenched jaw.  We do not carry
any type of paralyzing agent on the rig.

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On Behalf Of Andrew J Bowman
Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 10:46 PM
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Subject: Re: Thanks Karim

I also avoid NT. Orotracheal intubation can be accomplished in trauma with
manual in-line stabilization and with the anterior part of the c-collar
removed during the intubation. If glottic visualization is still difficult
use a bougie catheter.

Andrew

On 3/5/07, Errington Thompson <errington at erringtonthompson.com> wrote:
>
> Nasal intubations should be avoided.  If you are able to bag the 
> patient I would rather have a patient that is bagged than a tube in 
> the nose.
>
> I would add I hating Combitubes.
>
> Errington C. Thompson, MD, FACS, FCCM
> Trauma/Surgical Critical Care
> Mission Hospital
> Asheville, NC
> Author - A Letter to America
> www.whereistheoutrage.net
>
>
> Everyone deserves to make an informed decision
> - Errington Thompson, MD
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> trauma-list-bounces at trauma.org] On Behalf Of Anthony Caruso
> Sent: Monday, March 05, 2007 9:12 PM
> To: trauma-list at trauma.org
> Subject: Thanks Karim
>
> Evening all. I would like to ask the group there opinion on how they 
> feel about nasal intubations pre-hospital in the trauma setting?  In 
> my region, in Massachusetts we are about 22 min away from a level 1 
> trauma center at almost any given time.  On board, we do carry 
> Hurricane spray along with affrin to vasoconstrict the nares.  Usually 
> a 6.0 ID or a 6.5 would do the job with a little more air in the cuff 
> than normally used.  (About 12m/L of
> air) and liberal use of lidocane jelly.
>    I'm particularly interested in closed or open head trauma.  However 
> if you have any type input on this subject then I would certainly 
> welcome it. Also Dr. Gross, I believe that you flew, or still work on 
> a medical rescue helicopter.  What was your experience when you 
> encountered someone that was nasotracheal intubated?
>     Sincearly,
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