Management of a Respiratory Emergency in the Antarctic Winter: A Case of Foreign Body Aspiration
I report on a case of left main bronchus occlusion by an inhaled foreign body at a remote Antarctic scientific base during the austral winter. The dilemmas of on-site treatment and the challenges of aeromedical evacuation from such a remote environment are presented.
| Published in: | Wilderness & Environmental Medicine |
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| Format: | Text |
| Language: | English |
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Wilderness Medical Society
2007
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| Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1580/06-WEME-CR-017R2.1 |
| Summary: | I report on a case of left main bronchus occlusion by an inhaled foreign body at a remote Antarctic scientific base during the austral winter. The dilemmas of on-site treatment and the challenges of aeromedical evacuation from such a remote environment are presented. |
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